BLACK Rose x Love Hurts Basketball Shorts
The Piece
Knee-length (or just-above-knee) athletic basketball shorts — black mesh main body with white mesh side panels, white elasticated waistband with white drawstring, **two side hand pockets** (left and right — both with zipper closures) and **one back pocket** (also with zipper closure) — three zip pockets total. Black ribbed-binding hem with white contrast piping. Cross-collection collab combining Black Rose and Love Hurts visual systems on a single garment. NOT pants. NOT joggers. NOT short-shorts. NOT a swim trunk. NOT a track short.
Front
- **front-body** (entire black mesh field): The Black Rose three-rose-cluster art **sublimated as a small repeating pattern across the entire black mesh body fabric** — small tonal grey rose silhouettes scattered across the mesh like an all-over print. Subtle (almost camo-like) on black ground, visible in close-up but reads as textured field at distance. **Technique:** sublimated. **Color:** tonal grey on black mesh. - **front-thigh-center** (large, arched, ~6–7in wide): The wordmark **"OAKLAND"** as authentic tackle-twill — pre-cut white twill letters appliquéd onto the body in classic baseball-script style with a contrast satin-stitch edge. **Technique:** tackle-twill. **Color:** white twill letter face with a dark satin-stitch edge. - **front-right-thigh** (cursive script overlapping the OAKLAND wordmark): The "Love Hurts" wordmark in cursive script, rendered as a large sublimated/printed wordmark in **cream/peach/pink tonal color** on the black mesh. Spans the right thigh area, reading top-to-bottom as the cursive lettering descends. **Technique:** sublimated. **Color:** cream/peach/light-pink tonal. - **left-mesh-side-panel** (small, on the white mesh side panel): The Black Rose three-rose-cluster art (canonical *shape* — three roses, thorny vines, cloud at base) stitched onto the white mesh **in tonal grey / dark thread only** (NOT canonical multi-color — this product remaps every logo into the tonal grey/white/cream palette per the COLORWAY OVERRIDE above). The cluster is recognizable by composition but NOT by color. **Technique:** embroidered. **Color:** tonal grey/dark thread on white mesh (no kelly-green stems, no white-and- blue cloud). - **right-mesh-side-panel** (small, on the white mesh side panel): The "Love Hurts" wordmark (cursive script only — no broken heart in this position) stitched onto the white mesh. **Technique:** embroidered. **Color:** dark/contrast thread on white mesh.
Back
- **back-body** (entire black mesh field): Same sublimated tonal grey rose-cluster pattern as the front-body (continuous across the garment). **Technique:** sublimated. **Color:** tonal grey on black mesh. - **back-upper / back-yoke** (large cursive across the upper back): The "Love Hurts" wordmark in cursive script, rendered larger than the front-right version, in **cream/peach/light-pink tonal color** sublimated onto the back mesh. **Technique:** sublimated. **Color:** cream/peach/ light-pink tonal. - **back-center-lower** (pentagon-shaped white panel insert, ~6–7in across): A **white pentagon-star-shaped contrast fabric panel** sewn into the lower-back-center between the two leg openings. Inside the panel: the Love Hurts full lockup (broken-heart-and-thorns + "Love Hurts" wordmark — see logo_reference) printed/embroidered in dark grey on the white panel. **Technique:** patch (pentagonal contrast fabric) + embroidered (Love Hurts logo on the panel). **Color:** white panel + dark grey logo art.
Two worlds collide. A cross-collection collaboration merging Black Rose darkness with Love Hurts fire.
The Story
Someone asked who Black Rose was for. The answer came before the question finished: a black rose is a posture. Not a flower — a conviction. In Oakland, where concrete is the only soil that matters, beauty doesn't ask for permission. It forces its way through the cracks.
"They said luxury can't come from the Town. We said watch. Every piece in Black Rose is the concrete answering back."
Black Rose is what happens when you stop apologizing for where you're from. Monochrome because silence speaks louder. Dark-on-dark because depth is earned, not given. These aren't clothes that announce themselves — they command presence the way Oakland taught us. Quiet. Unshakable.
The Fit
Make It Yours
$65.00
Available Sizes
Limited Edition — 250 Pieces
Care + Craft
Care Instructions
Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach. Iron on low heat if needed — avoid direct contact with prints and embroidery.
Construction
Every piece is constructed with reinforced stitching at stress points, pre-shrunk heavyweight fabric, and solid-brass hardware. Built to last through real life.
Sustainability
We produce in limited runs to minimize waste. Every unsold unit is donated — nothing goes to landfill. Packaging is recycled and recyclable.