Solid shades of crisp indigo, tan, and soft pink may be washing retail stores for spring, but inside yoga classes, spin studios, and weight-training sessions, where “summer bodies” are determinedly being sculpted, you may notice another trend taking shape: a mishmash of dizzyingly offbeat patterns that have become increasingly reserved for stretchy, sweat-resistant fabrics.

“The athletic world and the fashion world—there’s sort of this symbiosis that’s happening,” says David Briker, owner and creative director of Vancouver-based fashion line Some Product, by phone. “I think it’s cool. It’s about time that athletic wear started looking good.”

A former graphic designer, Briker is no stranger to abstract prints. He founded Some Product, a brand of locally made, art-inspired lifestyle wear for men and women, during the early 2000s, stirring things up at a time when rocking the words Abercrombie & Fitch in collegiate lettering across your chest was considered the epitome of cool. Indeed, the designer was never into the tacky catch phrases and rhinestone-encrusted logos that dominated the “heyday of graphic Ts”, instead gravitating toward a punk-influenced aesthetic that has since evolved into an amalgam of punchy patterns drawn from pop culture.

“I was just always a graphic person and I was good at graphics,” he says. “It was just something that I sort of fell in love with doing.”

As the primary designer for Some Product, Briker has decorated silky, skintight frocks with portraits of Marie Antoinette; dolman tunics with psychedelic imagery; and men’s boxer shorts with playful pop-art comics. More recently, he crafted a collection of high-contrast statement leggings inspired by a Grace Jones performance, where the eccentric diva sported nothing but bikini bottoms, headpieces, and white body paint.

Now, Briker has tapped into another emerging trend with Some Product’s latest line of activewear, Glass, available online and at Platform (430 Homer Street). The lively designs, in icy violets and turquoises, resemble exactly what the collection’s name suggests: glass—the remnants of three shattered mirrors, specifically—which Briker photographed. The sharp, jagged lines have been transferred onto quick-dry sports bras, cropped Ts, leggings, and shorts (from $38), where they glow like tubular neon lights atop dusty charcoal backdrops.

“The athletic stuff is a more abstract, less figurative thing,” he says. “I try to do stuff that has a certain sort of dynamic quality to it, stuff that equates itself with athletic activity and that can translate to lifestyle wear as well.”

Other sport and lifestyle brands have realized the style potential in workout wear too. Athletic giant Nike has incorporated kaleidoscopic geometrics, leopard, and even luxe snakeskin prints into its training gear and its runners continue to push creative boundaries with outlandish floral, ombré, and polka-dot themes.

At home, yoga powerhouse Lululemon embraces a mix of abstract patterns interlaced with cheeky mesh cutouts, while Public Myth’s Kitsilano shop categorizes its graphic sportswear under “Active Prints”: a collection of leggings, shorts, and cami bras covered in stardust, animal, and camouflage motifs.

Strangely enough, the wild patterns seem to have caught on less with guys, unless you’re counting the textured Yeezys that continue to occupy the wish lists of countless sneakerheads. The launch of Some Product’s men’s activewear later this year, however, may mean you’ll soon be seeing even more eye-catching prints at your weekly Pilates sessions.

“It’s reflective of people’s lifestyles,” says Briker. “People lead active lives and they want to look good [at the gym], and there’s nothing wrong with that.”