Sports garment made without seamsPolina KrichkoOmicrono

Its designer uses a circular knitting technique to shape this shoe and mesh that helps the body recover before intense training.

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Sports fashion is always testing manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and new materials to improve footwear, keep a shirt breathable or help muscles during exercise avoiding injuries. An example of what can be achieved in sportswear with today's technology is this collection of footwear that looks like something out of the locker room of a science fiction movie.

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The designer Polina Krichko is responsible for these curious pieces that join the foot with the lower part of the leg until reaching the knee. Based on human anatomy, the clothing that she is manufacturing in the Chinese city of Shanghai adapts to the biomechanics of the foot and seeks to facilitate recovery after exercise.

Its creator has been inspired by motorcycling patterns and the knitting sewing technique, but combining modern machines and materials to give them shape. The result is a second skin that supports the foot and leg when you need it most.

Seamless woven footwearPolina KrichkoOmicrono

The NDVI project used technology to weave the material in a circular fashion from the base of the shoe. The machine builds the part in one go but following the patterns that are indicated. In this way, the joined shoe and sock form a single cylinder-shaped piece without a single seam. This manufacturing technique also helps to control the pressure of the fabric on the skin.

"The intricate pattern of the surface is revealed by turning the fabric over," says Krichko, "the weave is very fine and exposes layers and textures in motion," she continues. He shows part of the design and construction process on Behance, like this video where you can see how the fabric is attached to the foot.

Footwear knitted with circular techniquePolina Krichko

To shape these garments, the designer has resorted to a series of intelligent fabrics such as celliant, a fiber resulting from the mixture of 13 thermoreactive minerals and covered with PET. When the athlete's body generates heat during training, the tissue receives the waves and sends them back to the muscles. Among the benefits associated with the use of these tissues is the increase in metabolism and the help they provide to the body to recover from exercise faster.

Another of the materials that Krichko uses is dryarn fabric, which stands out for its insulating properties, as well as controlling external and body humidity. These fabrics are already used in the sportswear industry, such as sorona, a synthetic fiber made from renewable plant ingredients and which, thanks to elastane, has greater stretchability.

Sneakers woven with circular techniquePolina KrichkoOmicrono

Although it is only a research project, it is a sample of what the future of sportswear can be. Shoes and leggings that protect the physiognomy of the athlete and make sport a safer and healthier activity.

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