To anyone not in the know, NEEDLES tracksuits look like ordinary tracksuits. That's their secret power: if you're savvy to their cultural cache, you'll know that NEEDLES tracksuits have transcended sportswear to become a bonafide status symbol. And, though the sets may be the Japanese brand's most famous pieces, NEEDLES also knows its way around a fuzzy mohair cardigan, with loose hairy knits a perpetual staple in its collections. These two items mingled only on clothing racks — until now.

Created in collaboration with BEAMS, the Japanese retail giant previously responsible for turning NEEDLES' best pants into the perfect shorts, the NEEDLES track cardigan is a wild reality.

This grandpa-core outing turns a track jacket with longstanding streetwear steeze and countless celebrity co-signs into an appreciably semi-formal knit.

NEEDLES and BEAMS’ zip-up mohair knits exactly mirror the shape of NEEDLES’ signature polyester jackets, with the brand’s butterfly logo embroidered on the left chest and stripes running down the arms. It’s ordinary ornamentation for a sporty track jacket but an unexpectedly sporty step for a classic zip-up cardigan. 

There is one pitfall, though. BEAMS and NEEDLES may have made track jackets into knitwear but track pants were not included.

Only the top half of a mohair tracksuit releases on January 2 via BEAMS’ website, but just imagine how cozy a matching pair of mohair track pants could have been.

Still, since this three-piece drop is available in classic hues of grey, brown, and black, you’ll have no trouble finding a matching pair of regular NEEDLES track pants amongst its wide-ranging in-line selection and regular collaborations.

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