adidas and Arte Antwerp are launching their first collaborative capsule collection—a project that highlights North African soccer culture while reinterpreting sportswear through the lens of European street culture.
Following the recent launch of the all-white Lightblaze POD featuring former soccer player Mousa Dembélé, a longtime friend of both brands, the new collection captures the same textural depth and high-quality craftsmanship as the first footwear drop.
The pieces combine Arte’s minimalist, elegant aesthetic with adidas’s athletic DNA.
At its core, the capsule celebrates how North African influences have shaped European soccer style.
Colors, details, and silhouettes directly reference the significance of the sport in Morocco, where soccer connects people across continents, identities, and backgrounds, creating shared spaces.
Arte’s DNA—shaped by founder Bertony Da Silva’s Angolan roots and European perspective—meets adidas’s global soccer culture.
The collection honors the influence of North African athletes and the achievements of iconic players from the region.
The campaign features adidas athlete Brahim Díaz, whose Moroccan-Spanish background reflects this season’s cultural narrative.
Photographed by Ilyes Griyeb, the Paris-based Moroccan photographer known for his authentic documentary photography, the campaign captures the textures of everyday life in North Africa.
The series features scenes around a soccer field in Marrakech and people from the local community. Griyeb’s visual language—immediate, honest, and subtly nuanced—provides the ideal framework for the adidas x Arte collection and highlights the importance of grassroots soccer in Morocco.
The capsule collection combines adidas sportswear silhouettes with Arte’s design craftsmanship. Highlights include ADIDAS Z.N.E. tracksuits, knitted long-sleeve jerseys, and graphic T-shirts featuring Arabic lettering on the back that translates to “Sport Unites Africa.”
The selection is complemented by jerseys and shorts in matching colorways. The collection features a clean, elegant, and high-quality design, enhanced with delicate embroidery, lace details, and seasonal colors such as red, green, white, and black—a nod to the flags of North Africa.
The lineup is rounded out by coordinating accessories in matching tones, including sling bags, socks, and caps.
For the footwear drop, the Lightblaze POD ZIP in black and an embroidered Adilette will be released in December, followed by the new Trivela silhouette in February 2026.
Bertony Da Silva, founder and creative director of Arte, describes the collaboration as follows:
“This
first capsule collection with adidas draws on the authentic energy of African soccer culture—an environment that thrives on community, expression, and resilience.
The pieces reflect the cultural energy that drives the game and is shaped by the people who give it meaning. Our campaign was created in collaboration with local voices from Morocco: from photography and casting to models and the set—every scene is based on collaboration.”
The adidas x Arte Antwerp Collection is available at BSTN and SUPPA.
Photos via adidas
