PERSEPHONE. The Seasons of an Athlete.

In Greek mythology, Persephone lives between two worlds. Half the year in the light. Half the year in the underworld. Her story explains the rhythm of the seasons. The shift from warmth to cold, from growth to stillness, from blooming to becoming.

That rhythm is the inspiration behind our first Derma Essentials collection.

Persephone reminds us that nothing in nature stays the same. The earth breathes in cycles. Intensity rises, and then it falls. Light softens into darkness, and darkness prepares the way for light again. There's something timeless about her story. Something that feels both ancient and immediate. The kind of rhythm athletes have always known, long before performance metrics and recovery protocols. We return to it because it's true.

Athletes move through seasons in the same way.

There are moments of hard training and pressure. Moments where everything feels fast, loud, and demanding. Then there are quieter stretches. Recovery days, travel days, off-season mornings when you finally slow down enough to reset.

Those soft moments matter just as much as the intense ones. They are where strength rebuilds, where clarity returns, where purpose becomes real again.

Derma has always existed in two worlds. The arena and the aftermath. Performance gear built for the fight. Essentials made for what comes after.

This collection is built for that second world. The side of the athlete that needs warmth, softness, comfort. The side that is still becoming.

We built this collection around that truth. Cotton hoodies, quarter zips, sweatpants. Pieces that feel like exhaling. Elegant comfort that honors the quieter season before the next rise. These aren't extras. They're essentials because they hold space for the part of training no one talks about enough. The part where you're not performing, you're preparing. Not competing, but becoming.

Because performance is only half the story. Recovery, presence, and stillness are the other half.

Persephone teaches that every season prepares the next. And in Derma, we embrace that truth. The grind and the grace. The effort and the elegance. The heat of competition and the quiet that follows.

Seasons change. Athletes evolve. And in that transition, we find who we are meant to become.

This is Persephone. This is Derma Essentials.