Nike and Alysa Liu Drop Monochrome Skating Capsule for April 2026

Nike and 20-year-old Olympic figure skating gold medalist Alysa Liu are releasing a two-piece capsule collection on April 30, 2026, via Nike's official channels, with a black hoodie priced at $70 and a black T-shirt at $45.

It is Nike's first apparel collaboration with Liu, and the timing is deliberate. Liu won gold at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics just weeks ago, becoming the first U.S. woman to capture Olympic singles figure skating gold since 2002, placing her name alongside Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski, and Peggy Fleming. She was already in the Nike family during the Games, wearing the brand's ACG gear in Italy alongside the rest of the Nike team.

The two pieces are built around a single, arresting image: a monochrome photo-negative of Liu caught mid-trick, her body blurred into near-abstraction against the black fleece. There is no color anywhere in the design. The graphic sits on a sleek black canvas, with Liu's printed replica autograph and a white Nike Swoosh positioned beneath the image. The effect reads less like athletic merchandise and more like a still pulled from an avant-garde sports film, the kind of visual choice that gives a capsule this small a reason to exist beyond commemorative sentiment.

Liu's trajectory to this moment was anything but linear. At 16, she retired from the sport entirely, writing in a since-deleted Instagram post: "i started skating when i was 5 so that's about 11 years on the ice and it's been an insane 11 years. i honestly never thought i would've accomplished as much as i did LMAOO i'm so happy. i feel so satisfied with how my skating career has gone." When she returned two years later, she told 60 Minutes the comeback would happen only on her own terms, covering everything from her training regimen to her diet to her competitive programs. That insistence on autonomy, it turns out, was the winning formula.

At $70 for the hoodie and $45 for the tee, the capsule sits at an accessible price point relative to most Nike athlete collaborations, which routinely push past $100 for a single piece. The imagery on Nike's website currently carries a "coming soon" tag, with the full drop set for April 30. For a collection this deliberately minimal, the restraint in the design may be its strongest argument.