The right outfit can boost your motivation \u2013 whether that\u2019s for going to the gym, heading out on a run, or playing sport with friends.<\/p>\n
For Hannah Hastings, head of women\u2019s brand at Gymshark, it is “the difference between a good session and a bad session”.<\/p>\n
And as we head into a new season, fresh trends are cropping up in the world of activewear \u2013 not just for working out, but also to wear in your day-to-day life.<\/p>\n
Here are six new trends that might help you get moving this summer\u2026<\/p>\n
1. Y2K styles<\/p>\n
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Noughties-inspired designs have taken over fashion, and sportswear is no different.<\/p>\n
Hastings says this “2000s revival” has been “building for a while, but it\u2019s definitely properly landed in activewear this year. Whether it\u2019s baby T\u2019s, capri lengths, bold colours, a bit of attitude.”<\/p>\n
Within this “2000s revival”, she says she\u2019s seeing “a lot of graphics” \u2013 particularly oversized graphic T-shirts. These can be styled in a multitude of ways, from cropped and knotted, to being paired with a “bolder kind of bottom that wouldn\u2019t normally be considered a matching set”.<\/p>\n
For Hastings, pinks, oranges and purples are the big colours encapsulating this millennial revival in activewear.<\/p>\n
2. Lots of layering<\/p>\n
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Hastings says she\u2019s “really excited” to see the layering trend gather steam this summer, calling it “such an easy” thing to get involved in.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s not just about wearing one top anymore, it\u2019s about how can I bring two tops together to get the double look,” she says. While there are plenty of mock layered pieces available to buy, it\u2019s just as easy to do without having to buy anything new. You can simply layer two tops you already have together, focusing on different colours and silhouettes to really make the look pop.<\/p>\n
Julie Dickson, fashion stylist at Cotton Traders, agrees that layering is set to be big this summer. She\u2019s spotted people “wearing their leggings underneath a pair of wide-leg trousers, so they\u2019ve got a little bit of waistband of the legging popping up, so there\u2019s a flash of colour”.<\/p>\n
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This is a particularly good one to do if you\u2019re doing a workout, then going straight out \u2013 you can wear your leggings to the gym, then pop on a pair of contrasting joggers over the top and it “looks quite cool and trendy”, Dickson says.<\/p>\n
3. Wide-legged styles<\/p>\n
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Dickson suggests there has been a “shift away from those ultra-compressive, matchy-matchy sets \u2013 there\u2019s a more relaxed vibe to leisurewear and activewear this year.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve noticed people really wanting clothes that seamlessly transition from the gym to wearing all-day long” \u2013 and that\u2019s contributed to the rising popularity of “softer, wider-leg bottoms”.<\/p>\n
Hastings describes these trousers as “not just joggers, but wide-leg, lightweight training bottoms” \u2013 the kind of outfit you can wear to lift weights, or to a Pilates class \u2013 then to “pop to brunch after”.<\/p>\n
She adds: “We were in a world where it was [all about] tight-to-body tanks and bras and leggings, but now it\u2019s about how can I move beyond that and have a bit more fun?”<\/p>\n
4. Tenniscore<\/p>\n
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Dickson credits the rise of tenniscore styles to the growing popularity of padel. It\u2019s that “preppy Ralph Lauren vibe”, she explains: “Lots of polo shirts, little pleated tennis skirts, little dresses.”<\/p>\n
Again, this trend leans into the idea that people “want to look as good in the gym as they do on the street”, Dickson says.<\/p>\n
5. Elevated running gear<\/p>\n
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“I\u2019m a runner, so I love that running shorts have almost become their own feminine fashion moment for women,” says Hastings.<\/p>\n
“Running culture has had a massive resurgence through HYROX and running clubs,” and now functional shorts are taking over in a range of bright, joyful colours.<\/p>\n
Think pleated styles that move while you run \u2013 almost like skirts \u2013 with inner shorts underneath for a “bit of extra coverage”.<\/p>\n
6. Playful prints<\/p>\n
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“We\u2019ve been in this clean girl, matching set, solid colour era, but what we are seeing is [people] really leaning into prints again,” Hastings notes.<\/p>\n
Playing around with brighter, clashing colours and prints is a way to “become a bit more playful”, she adds. It\u2019s a way to show your personality: “You can do that through colour, graphics textures. I think what we\u2019re seeing is [people] want to express themselves, they want to feel confident in the gym, versus just reverting to a matching set.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The right outfit can boost your motivation \u2013 whether that\u2019s for going to the gym, heading out on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-483885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}