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Published
January 17, 2026
Wearable technology company Whoop has announced a multiyear collaboration with designer Samuel Ross MBE as global creative director, marking Whoop’s first performance design collaboration.
Dubbed “Project Terrain”, the partnership will deliver a bespoke capsule collection including limited-edition, customized Whoop bands, as well as new apparel pieces within the Whoop Body collection. The collection will roll out in limited-edition drops starting this year and continuing into 2028.
“At Whoop, we’ve always believed that wearable technology needs to be invisible or it needs to be cool,” said Will Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Whoop. “Working with Samuel Ross has been a true joy. He deeply understands wearable technology. Our members will feel something new and different when they wear this limited collection.”
Ross, founder of the award-winning studio SR_A and formerly founder of A-Cold-Wall*, has a history of reimagining culture, material science, and form through design. His portfolio includes collaborations with Nike, Converse, Oakley, Hublot, Acqua di Parma, and Beats.
Project Terrain will carry SR_A’s industrial and architectural ethos into Whoop’s design language, informed by utility, intentionality, and structural, materials-driven design approach.
“Whoop is shaping the future. That’s true progress, for all. It is one of the first design and technology companies of our generation, founded within our generation, by our generation, that is defining the right relationship to health, through advanced technology,” said Ross.
“I look forward to building the future with Will and the Whoop design teams. We have a clear, sharp vision to move global design expectations forward.”
The partnership also includes SR_A joining as an investor alongside partners Niall Horan and Cristiano Ronaldo. Whoop will support the SR_A Black British Artist Grant and host its recipient for an in-house design residency.
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A coalition of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and other leading textile, apparel, footwear and retail associations has urged the US House of Representatives to pass legislation reauthorising key trade preference programmes for sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.
A coalition of AAFA and other textile, apparel, footwear and retail groups has urged the US House to pass legislation reauthorising AGOA and Haiti HOPE/HELP.
The bills would retroactively extend the trade programmes for three years, backing US cotton and textile exports, helping diversify sourcing beyond China, and supporting about 3.6 million US workers.
In a joint letter, addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the groups called for passage of the AGOA Extension Act (HR 6500) and the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act (HR 6504) on suspension.
The letter noted that the House Ways and Means Committee approved both bills last month with overwhelming bipartisan support. The proposed measures would retroactively renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haiti HOPE/HELP programmes for three years, providing certainty for US companies and stability for workers in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.
Industry groups said the programmes support American cotton and textile exports, help diversify sourcing beyond China, and directly support about 3.6 million US workers.
Signatories included the AAFA, the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, National Retail Federation, Outdoor Industry Association, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and the US Fashion Industry Association.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
Published
January 16, 2026
The house of Ralph Lauren very rarely stages menswear runway shows in Milan, which is a pity as its catwalk display this Friday was the coolest and cleverest display of menswear classicism we’ve seen in many moons.
The smoothest of shows too. Presented with polish inside Ralph Lauren’s European headquarters, a geometric Rationalist era jewel of a building. Guests- from Tom Hiddleston and Colman Domingo to Nick Jonas- imbibing biscuity champagne as they took their places on leather bench seats.
Opening with a score of looks from Polo, a rich selection of kicky, preppy ideas: red flannel shirts with turkey prints; Navajo graphic wool sweaters; snow crystal pattern cardigans; and even a brown three-piece Prince of Wales suit. All anchored by Alpine hiking boots or hyped-up L.L. Bean style waders; or accessorised by Black Watch tartan carpet bags.
Plenty of Western looks, from urban cowboy brown suede fringed jackets, worn by a model with an acoustic guitar on his back, to lace ties, rancher hats, and riding boots. Very Yellowstone in Lombardy.
Backed up by a great soundtrack- where Nina Simone’s Sinnerman followed Texas Sun by Khruangbin and Leon Bridges. Ideal for some bold and colourful motor-bike jackets that read: Ralph Lauren Racing.
As day shifted to evening, Scottish baronial chic made an appearance: from Clan Stewart red plaid tuxedos worn under a Count Dracula cape to a great black Grenadier guards military tunic worn with a black silk stock– un petit merci to Dior. Albeit seen on models sporting New York Yankees baseball caps.
“We had so many looks and ideas in this collection that it just seemed right to stage a show this week in Milan,” explained Andrew Lauren, sitting among the movie stars in the villa’s covered courtyard.
All worn by a highly diverse cast, from all the world’s continents. And, one could not help noticing that when he came to the two chalk stripe impeccable bankers, these were worn by a South and an East Asian.
Though there was clearly no deliberate political message, the very heterogeneousness of the cast was a reminder of how Ralph has always celebrated the diversity of America. Which, at a moment when ICE are clearly racially profiling citizens in the United States, made this show feel very powerful.
This is the melting pot America that Europeans love. Not the white supremacism currently being rammed down people’s throats.
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