AC Milan’s fourth kit has joined the bizarre 2021-22 Serie A kit wardrobe – Reuters Sports News
Like Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid before them, AC Milan are the latest major European football club to team up with a fashion brand to produce a new limited-edition kit.
Milan have collaborated with Italian technical streetwear designers NEMEN to create a new collection which includes both a jacket and a tracksuit as well as the club’s fourth alternate kit from Serie A for the 2021-22 season.
Along with a radical take on the club’s signature red and black stripes, the AC Milan x NEMEN Authentic Shirt is made from an ‘ultraweave’ stretch material which manufacturer Puma claims makes it the ‘most popular performance jersey’. lighter” of all time. made.
“Having the opportunity to design this special fourth collaborative kit, complete with a premium capsule, was a dream opportunity,” said NEMEN founder and lifelong Milan supporter Leonardo Fasolo. “We’ve given classic stripes a twist. »
It’s definitely an eye-catching design that’s almost certain to split fan opinion. The kit is mostly white (including shorts and socks) with the famous Rossoneri Stripes confined to a frayed band that wraps around the chest.
In practice, the design gives the effect of a gamer having overlooked a “Wet Paint” sign before leaning against a bright white wall for protection from a snowstorm.
The NEMEN kit was first worn by Milan Women in their 3-0 win over Empoli on Sunday with the men’s side following suit against Bologna at the San Siro on Monday.
Il nostro 4th kit in campo 🔥#MoveLikeMilan@pumafootball @PUMA #Nemen pic.twitter.com/gFr7McPnU7
— AC Milan (@acmilan) April 3, 2022
The Milan kit is just the latest in a range of quirky kits that have been rolled out by top Serie A clubs this season, with the likes of Juventus and Inter Milan also getting in on the picks. weird and wonderful designs for their kits for the 2021-22 campaign.
Juve raised more than a few eyebrows when their third kit for 2021-22 first dropped in mid-August as the Bianconeri proudly imposed their hideous, angular yellow and blue design on an unsuspecting world. Cristiano Ronaldo decided to leave Turin later that same month, which certainly can’t be entirely a coincidence.
Inter have gone big with the serpent theme for 2021, releasing not one but two kits inspired by their limbless reptilian muse.
the nerazzuriThe white away shirt featured a large blue and black snake slithering over it, while the matching home kit sucked it even further with an all-over shimmering snakeskin print pattern.
Following Diego Maradona’s death in November, his former club Napoli paid tribute to their late legend on what would have been his 61st birthday by donating a special kit in his honour. Available in blue, white or red, the tribute shirt featured an image of the Argentine in his splendor which was superimposed on a slightly garish fingerprint design intended for the everlasting imprint he left on both culture Neapolitan and on football in general.
Never missing an opportunity to pump out some weird unique strips, Napoli also included the spooky season by releasing a Halloween-themed kit in October that was covered in cobwebs and available in a limited batch of just 1,926 shirts. – a nod to the year the club was created.
And as if 13 different kits of high fashion supplier Emporio Armani was already not enough for one season, the Partenopei introduced yet another to their repertoire in January with the launch of a brightly colored “blue flames” alternate jersey.