Nike Skims: Global Spandex Diplomacy in an Age of Inflationary Absurdity
PARIS—In a world where supply-chain disruptions, inflation, and populist rage are the daily specials, the gods of athleisure have gifted us the ultimate comfort-food combo: Nike Skims. Yes, the Swoosh and Kim Kardashian’s shapewear empire have conspired to fuse compression tights with “performance sculpting,” which is marketing Esperanto for “we’ll suction you into a streamlined…