FABRICATIONS:

1. Lightweight ripstop nylon
   For windbreakers, packable jackets, overshirts, utility pants, and bags. Especially good in ochre and mustard because the subtle grid adds dimension without introducing print.

2. Softshell / stretch woven
   For cleaner technical trousers, fitted utility jackets, travel pieces, and hybrid tailoring. Gives us performance behavior without everything looking like mountaineering equipment designed by a committee.

3. 400gsm brushed cotton fleece
   For hoodies, crewnecks, sweatpants, and oversized layering pieces. This is one of the hero materials for Cocoa Powder, because the chalky pile changes how the brown reads compared with a flat shell.

4. Heavyweight loopback / compact cotton jersey
   For premium sweats, tees, polos, and layering knits. Cleaner and more structured than fleece, useful when we want the same earth tones to feel urban rather than outdoorsy.

5. Fine-gauge knit / performance knit
   For base layers, mock necks, lightweight sweaters, and tonal layering. Particularly useful in mustard, sage, stone, and cocoa where small texture changes can do enormous amounts of work.

6. Brushed wool / wool-blend twill
   For overshirts, relaxed coats, trousers, and elevated outerwear. This gives the palette a premium lifestyle lane and stops the group becoming one endless nylon zip pocket.

7. Tropical wool / lightweight suiting
   For relaxed tailoring, wide-leg trousers, technical blazers, and hybrid workwear. Stone, bark, cocoa, and deep olive are particularly strong here.

8. Garment-dyed cotton twill / canvas
   For utility jackets, carpenter pants, cargos, overshirts, and field pieces. Washed or sueded finishes would make the earth palette feel softer and more lived-in.

9. Matte technical shell / 2.5L–3L performance nylon
   For shells, parkas, rain jackets, technical trousers, and modular outerwear. Dry, low-luster surfaces are ideal for deep olive, cocoa, and black olive. Where appropriate, we can specify PFAS-free DWR treatments as the intended performance direction.

Footwear Colorway Exploration

Independent Concept Study | Fall 2026

Speculative Design / Proof of Concept

An independent exploration of color development for lifestyle footwear, translating a seasonal apparel palette into coordinated two- and three-color footwear concepts.

Beginning with a trend direction inspired by this color palette, this study examines color hierarchy, material relationships, component placement, and commercial versatility.

Focus Areas: Color Research · Palette Development · Footwear Color Blocking · Material Direction · Product Concept Development

FURTHER RESEARCH OF MATERIALS AND COLORWAY LOGIC FOR NIKE CORE SHOES IS AVAILABLE HERE.

This is an independent, speculative portfolio exercise. It was not commissioned, developed, or approved by Nike and is not affiliated with the brand.

All boards are brand-referenced directional studies. Textile artwork and print development by Abi Post. Product and interior images are digital mockups used to demonstrate scale, color, and application.

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