Some collaborations are born in studios, others over emails that slowly turn into trust. The partnership between Colm Dillane’s KidSuper and Pedro Andrade’s Piet belongs firmly to the second category. Two designers who see fashion less as product and more as artistic experimentation have joined forces for an exclusive collection that blurs geography, authorship, and process — and does so without hierarchy.
The result feels like a conversation between two creative languages that don’t try to overpower one another. From KidSuper comes the instinctive, narrative-driven imagery Dillane has become known for: hand-painted illustrations, expressive faces, camouflage motifs, and references pulled from football culture and pop iconography. These elements inject spontaneity and humour, grounding the collection in the emotional immediacy that defines KidSuper’s universe.
Piet, on the other hand, anchors the project in technical precision and craft. Andrade’s contribution is visible in the construction itself: crochet details, 3D knitting, embroidered structures, and an obsessive attention to textile development. Where KidSuper brings the gesture, Piet delivers the structure — turning intuition into material form.
What makes the collaboration particularly striking is how it came together. The two designers never worked side by side. Instead, Dillane sent artworks and visual cues remotely, while Piet’s team in Brazil translated those ideas through hands-on experimentation with fabrics, patterns, and techniques. Decisions were made at a distance, guided more by instinct than instruction. It’s a process that relies on an unusual degree of creative trust, allowing space for interpretation rather than control.
That distance becomes part of the story. The collection doesn’t feel overly resolved or smoothed out — it retains friction, texture, and human presence. Manual labour and technical innovation coexist naturally, without one claiming dominance over the other. It’s craftsmanship framed not as nostalgia, but as a living, evolving practice.
The collaboration is introduced through an official campaign starring Zé Roberto, whose presence reinforces the project’s connection to football culture and movement. Rather than explaining itself, the collection invites viewers to look closely — at the stitching, the surfaces, the dialogue between image and construction.
Photos: Piet / KidSuper