Alexander Wang’s sportswear dream

Alexander Wang wants to design more sportswear.

The 30-year-old fashion designer – who recently unveiled his new active wear-inspired collection for high street label H&M – has revealed he is keen to continue his foray into sportswear and wants to make the styles a more permanent feature in his collections.

He told Vogue.co.uk: ”Approaching active wear was exciting for me as I’ve always wanted to do it, but having that access to the resources – the factories and the garment mills – was a completely different process to what I usually do.

”It’s a whole new skill set. You have to do your due diligence and testing, but it is something that I have so much passion and love for, that I’d love to have a future opportunity to do something like this that is more permanent.”

The Balenciaga creative director added that he enjoyed designing a collection that was accessible to such a wide audience.

He said: ”It’s also a collection that touches many different tiers for many different audiences. It doesn’t matter if you’re a luxury customer or an H&M customer – if you need gym clothes, if you work out, if you’re active, there’s a piece for everyone.”

Meanwhile, the California-born designer recently admitted he felt ”honoured” to have designed a range for the high street retailer as he has always been a huge fan of the store.

He said: ”I have always shopped there and it was such an honour to be asked to collaborate.

”I wanted to design new pieces of performance and sportswear, making good-quality pieces with their own design integrity.”