New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team unveiled the blackest jersey ever—or the #BlackestJerseyEver—this week, and will debut the new look in game action this weekend against England. The jerseys, made from a high-tech woven carbon, are designed by Adidas to be form fitting (players are harder to tackle that way) and
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Notre Dame adds “Fighting Irish” Wordmark Inside of Collar
As we have seen with the unveiling of various alternate uniforms and tweaking of their away jerseys, even a tradition-laden blueblood such as Notre Dame is not immune to the craziness that is the current scene of college football uniforms. Although they’ve saved most of the craziness for their Shamrock
University of Tennessee to Add Grey Alternate Uniform
The University of Tennessee is known for its distinctive UT Orange, paired with a simple crisp white. One color with white is a strangely rare color set for sports teams, and college football in particular. The Volunteers have branched out and will add a third uniform, in “Smoke Grey.” The
Black in Lincoln: Husker Alternate Offers Black Shirts
Husker fans will love this: black shirts. Now it will be up to the famed Nebraska defense to live up to the alternate uniform the Huskers will wear on Sept. 19 when they host UCLA. The (once?) legendary Nebraska defense has a corn-pleasing nickname of “black shirts.” Coaches will even
NBA Proclaims Sleeves Experiment Success: Five More Teams To Add Sleeved Jerseys
Remember back in the Spring when the Golden State Warriors (soon to become America’s sweetheart in the NBA playoffs due to their inspired performances in front of a raucous home crowd) unveiled those wildly unique and very yellow sleeved jerseys? Remember when adidas spread the sleeved movement into the collegiate
LA Galaxy Announce 1996-Inspired Alternate Jerseys, Retinas Offended
Over a year ago, the MLS LA Galaxy started a Facebook campaign to solicit free design from their fans. This week, they showed the winner. Using a colorset inspired by the original 1996 Galaxy uniforms, the new Adidas jersey will be paired with black shorts with 3 red Adidas stripes.
Real Madrid 2013/2014 Jerseys launched by adidas, with new color
Adidas and Real Madrid have just launched the new official home jersey for the 2013/14 season. As one of the most renowned and successful teams in the world, the new “Merengue” shirt is sure to top the list of best-selling soccer jerseys a year from now. While most people
Q&A: adidas Designer Talks Camo, RGIII
The camo craze at adidas has only just begun. The German-based apparel giant debuted its “Impact Camo” line across a variety of sports, especially in one-off events, whether high school all-star games or even the NBA All-Star game. And we’ve certainly all seen their interpretation of camo for March Madness.
MLS Reveal Week Day 3: Embossing, Black and Buttons
Embossing the Space Needle, introducing a black secondary kit and showing off a mosaic of colors highlighted Day 3 of the MLS and adidas uniform Reveal Week. And that was just for the Seattle Sounders. In a day that proved the most prolific so far, with five teams unveiling six
MLS Reveal Week Day 1: Five New Uniforms for Three Teams
A little trim here, a removed collar there and a uniform designed like a state flag highlighted the opening day of the MLS and adidas “Jersey Week” on Monday. Throughout this week, 12 MLS teams will unveil varying combinations of new primary, secondary and alternate kits, all designed in conjunction
Adidas Adds a Signature Lionel Messi Line
Adidas is keeping pace in the race to promote its gear-wearing stars with individual lines. The latest move? Announcing today a new clothing line and personalized adizero F50 for soccer sensation Lionel Messi. Messi becomes only the third adidas star with his own signature line, joining David Beckham and Derrick
Golden St Warriors Add Sleeves to Jerseys!
In the historic modern era of basketball, uniforms consisted of shorts and tanktops. The Golden State Warriors are busting up that tradition, by releasing an alternate uniform design whose biggest design feature is what all the rest of our shirts have; sleeves. Throughout the years, the shorts have gotten longer, socks