Brooklyn Running Brand ATMPT Makes Old School Gear Feel New Again

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Brooklyn Running Brand ATMPT Makes Old School Gear Feel New Again

With Japanese fabrics printed on by LQQK Studios, this emerging brand blends fashion and function with a commitment to making running less boring


Published: 01-22-2021

Updated: 11-14-2023

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Tanner Bowden
Tanner Bowden
Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside.
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Tanner Bowden is a NYC-based writer, hobby photographer, and gregarious skiier. Follow Tanner on Instagram for more adventure, travel, and mountains.

Let's be real: running can be boring. Even runners know this. They pound pavement day in and out, in the dark, cold, and blazing heat because they're compelled by some invisible goal to do so. Attempting and achieving that goal is what brings the excitement, not the hours of running that led to it. One way to break the repetition is with what you wear—the gear you run in shouldn't be as mundane as the same miles you run, over and over.

ATMPT, a new brand based in Brooklyn, New York, knows this well. The small operation began selling its wares in early 2020, but its collection draws inspiration from decades earlier—namely, the '80s and '90s, when the track and marathon scene was dominated by short shorts and strong personal style.

But ATMPT is anything but dated, with designs that feel at home on and off the track. Their newest collection, launched this month, introduces even more flavor. In all, a dozen or so t-shirts, singlets, shorts, and hoodies are on offer. All are made in New York City, some with Japanese fabrics and others printed by Brooklyn-based LQQK studios, giving the emerging brand a hefty stamp of cool kid approval.

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CRK x ATMPT Long Sleeve Tee, $85

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CRK x ATMPT Training Short, $120

ATMPT's newest release is a collaboration with Christopher Royal King, a graphic artist and musician who has collaborated on scores for feature films including Moneyball and World War Z. There aren't any baseball or zombie motifs here, though—just semi-trippy illusions that might have you wondering why you, too, aren't out there chasing unseeable objectives in the streets.

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For more stylized running apparel, check out the latest trail running collection from ROARK, and more in our GEAR section.