Tuesday, September 8, 2009

History+Soccer+Fashion

Borussia Dortmund. These guys (with Nike acting as accomplice) embraced the fluorescent trend that swept the 90s. Some wild patterning on the shoulders/yokes. The team had its most successful years in these shirts, so the fans are always clamoring for a return to the vibrant neon yellows.












Composition of Manchester United shirts. Usually referred to as the "Red Devils", this collection focuses more on their clash color of blue. Some interesting geometric heat-transfer textiles.














A collection of Liverpool shirts. They're one of teams laying claim to the nickname "Reds", but their most interesting shirts were in their clash colors (yellow, green and silver usually). Switching sponsorship from "Candy" to "Carlsberg"...apparently their demographic aged.

1 comment:

mel said...

maybe it's my old age talking, but I really dig the nostalgia of the old neon-n-black! It's got a sweet simplicity and nice contrast and the colors are wacky enough to not remind me of any specific flag/region/other affiliation

the last set of photos:
'candy is dandy but liquor is quicker'?