Fobou

For Vita, by Fobou

An interpretation of your world.

An example, not a finished product. A first read of everything you are building, turned into one idea. Scroll slowly.

01 Your world

We started with you.

We gathered what makes you, you, and what The Core stands for. Then we held onto three things.

Your worldthe mood and light you live in
Your referencesthe pieces, fabrics and colours you reach for
The Corewhat it stands for: strength, focus, feeling good
The way you want to feelstrong and present, not on display

and we held onto three things

  1. 01

    A point of view of its own

    Most shorts are made to be looked at. This one is made to help the work. It is built to help you feel and switch on the muscles you are training, so your focus lands where the effort is. That is the reason it exists.

  2. 02

    It solves something real

    Not another short that already exists. It answers something the big names have skipped.

  3. 03

    It feels like The Core

    Made to help you feel good during the workout, not just look good after. Mind, body and soul, in one piece.

02 The brief

One brief to design from.

Everything above meets here, in a single brief. A few pieces of it:

The idea
A training short you feel as much as wear. Built for the practice, not the mirror.
The material
A performance knit that moves with you, finished to feel warm and considered, never plasticky.
The feel
Supportive where you need it, quiet everywhere else. Judged by how the workout feels.
The signature
The waistband is where the design lives. What it does for your body, shown openly. The rest stays simple.
The tones
Warm and calm. Nothing loud.

03 Concepts

From here, it branches.

One brief, many directions. Here are a few we explored.

Baseline resolved short, front view Baseline resolved short, three-quarter back view The Anchor

Baseline, resolved

The anchor. Fine tonal stitching on the band, a clean simple leg below. Warm black.

Seam travel short, front view Seam travel short, three-quarter back view The Line

Seam travel

A single support seam travels down the outer thigh, structural and editorial. Soft stone.

Channel stitch short, front view Channel stitch short, three-quarter back view The Touch

Channel stitch

Fine channels give the band a soft ribbed surface you feel as much as see. Warm sand.

A few of many. We followed the ones that felt most like you.

04 Designs

Then we go deeper into one.

We took The Anchor further, into two designs. The same idea, refined in two ways.

The Anchor short, the concept we took further
The Anchor
Four-line topstitch short, front view Four-line topstitch short, three-quarter back view The Purist

Four-line topstitch, bound edge

The purest take on the baseline, calm and resolved. Fresh sage green.

Bartack grid short, front view Bartack grid short, three-quarter back view The Marks

Bartack grid, tipped edge

The same idea told through small precise marks. Warm black.

Two of many. This is the part we would shape with you.

This is where we stopped, for now.

The rest keeps going.

What you just saw is a small part of how we work, built from the outside in, before we have even spoken properly. The real version is built with you: your taste, your body, your training, your eye.