Adidas Boosts Base Layer Tech

adidas has launched Alpaskin, a new line of performance tech sportswear that captures motion, detecting where fabric might impede movements.

Unlike traditional base layers, each section of Alphaskin is carefully constructed to match the body’s movements in sport. The kinetic wrapped design eliminates unwanted distractions by moving with the critical areas of athletes in motion and removing unnatural friction between the fabric and skin.

Alphaskin was developed using ARAMIS, a motion-capture system that finds where fabric could inhibit an athlete’s performance. This method enabled designers to create a wrapped performance layer that truly dials into the movements of athletes across all sports.

Rob Lee, vice president of design for adidas Training said: “We’re committed to creating only the best for athletes and that’s exactly what we’ve done with the disruptive design of Alphaskin.

“After taking a deep dive into athlete movements, needs and culture, we created a performance layer that embraces and incorporates all of those elements. Alphaskin was made to enable and move with athletes’ bodies while they compete or train and help eliminate the unwanted distractions of base layers from the past.”