David Lynch turns fashion designer with range of activewear

Just when you think you understand where someone is coming from, they go and design a range of sportswear. This is the less-than-likely career move by director David Lynch, who has just co-designed a capsule "activewear" collection with luxury US brand, Live the Process.

Where to begin with this? Well, it's not as weird as it sounds. Lynch has been practicing transcendental meditation twice a day since 1973. He also runs a charity, the David Lynch Foundation, dedicated to teaching meditation to young victims of PTSD and abuse. Live the Process, meanwhile, creates activewear on the "basis of enlightenment". As collaborations go, it's not outlandish.

It's also not the first time Lynch has worked within the fashion industry – last year, the director designed sets for Kenzo's autumn/winter 2014 presentation to showcase the label's collection, wholly inspired by the popped colours and spooky monochrome motifs of the director's work. Naturally, the set featured dismembered limbs.

What is surprising are the designs themselves. The six-piece collection, which features two types of sports bra, geometric-print leggings, a T-shirt that reads “Change Begins Within” and a natty pair of shorts, come in an exclusive "David Lynch Floral" pattern. Unlike the Kenzo collection, which focused on the weird and monochrome, this pattern features a pretty abstract flower print in grey and pastel tones, and – suspend your disbelief – not a patch of velvet in sight. As aesthetically pleasing as they are, we're not sure how Audrey Horne would feel.