{"id":247614,"date":"2026-02-17T17:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=247614"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:37:27","slug":"louis-vuitton-x-nba-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/louis-vuitton-x-nba-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Vuitton x NBA Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The collaboration between Louis Vuitton and the NBA introduces one of the most distinctive crossovers between fashion and sport: a collectible basketball that transforms court equipment into a luxury design object.<\/p>\n<p>Created under the creative direction of Virgil Abloh, the piece is based on a full-size Wilson basketball wrapped in embossed leather featuring the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram. NBA and Louis Vuitton signatures appear on the surface, blending athletic functionality with high-end craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-247608 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/591441B1-1962-45D4-AC31-5B718F80.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its aesthetic nods to 1990s courtside culture, when basketball became a global spectacle through figures like Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, and Shaquille O\u2019Neal. The result is an item that can either be displayed as a collectible or &#8211; for the bold &#8211; actually used in play.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond its practical purpose, the project reflects a broader trend where the boundaries between sport culture and luxury fashion continue to blur, turning everyday objects into lifestyle and design statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The collaboration between Louis Vuitton and the NBA introduces one of the most distinctive crossovers between fashion and sport: a collectible basketball that transforms court equipment into a luxury design object. Created under the creative direction of Virgil Abloh, the piece is based on a full-size Wilson basketball wrapped in embossed leather featuring the iconic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":247610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18513,18542,18563],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247617,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247614\/revisions\/247617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}