• pewpew62@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That third kit palette is 👎 for me. I’m wondering how they’ll make black and red work on the away kit

  • Francis-c92@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Can’t wait to never see the third kit 😍

    Edit: red, white with navy trimming is exactly how our home kits should be by the way

    • ederzs97@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I hate the consumerism around kits. Miss using the same home shirt two years in a row and the away shirt becoming the third kit.

    • ZuperLucaZ@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      We’re like a third of the way in, kits typically leak fully in january/febuary, so leaking the colours in november isn’t too weird.

    • myplasmatv@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I had a chap in my shop (I’m a barber) once who works at a football club. His job was to do with kits, I’m being vague on purpose. Anyway, he said that the kits are mostly locked down 3-4 seasons ahead.

      Take it with a pinch of salt. It’s shop knowledge and is sometimes less reliable than Wikipedia. But for what it’s worth, this guy seemed genuine enough.

      • sleepytipi@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        One of my best friends is a journalist for a big media company here in the states. She doesn’t cover football (not real football anyway) but has a lot of peers who do, and sometimes she’ll share a bit of what she hears if she a) can, and b) thinks its something i’d be interested in hearing, and I was told the kit manufacturers not only submit (digital) prototypes to the clubs sometimes several seasons ahead of time but, they submit multiple options for the club to decide which kits they like, what colors, what designs etc for each of the home, away, third, and even training kits. Apparently, this season’s away kit was indeed for performance reasons, and even more interesting is that it was a decision championed by øur captain.

    • JondArc99@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      They likely work on these kits well in advance and probably have the season after that already in the planning stages at the very least

    • SoberAsABird1@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      My reaction was more “man how could a new kit leak?!, it’s an international break we can’t have just lost a game!”

    • SDN_stilldoesnothing@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      it takes a very long time to make a kit. Drawing board to the 1st release is 12-18 months…

      - Designers need to come up with several concepts.

      -Adidas, Arsenal and marketing firms then approve what will become kits, training, travel and culture wear.

      -submit to the league for approvals.

      - build prototypes and do some testing to make sure they don’t fall apart.

      - change over the factory’s in Asia.

      - source new materials and build up supply chain.

      - Start making inventory so there is stock for the kit launch.

      - Move inventory to UK and North America.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if the drawing for the 25/26 kits are already made.

    • Ammzy_87@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m a big believer that they leak the kits to see the reaction and make some changes on what is being said! Can anyone confirm this is true or not?

      In terms of timelines I think concepts would be coming around now. With the final sign off on kits having to be in March time, so they can manufacturer a when bunch for June! I’d love to know more about how Addidas work.

  • Serge_Gnabry95@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The away and third kit sounds nice. But when I read about the home shirt I immediately thought about the 21/22 home kit which I thought was awful. The away kit that season was great however.

  • Hech15@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Home kit has 21/22 vibes with blue as an extra color…Dont like the colour combination of away kit… Third kit will be interesting to see

  • SteveBoulderdash@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Home kit’s red and white should be with small navy high lights. As much blue as in that photo, reminds me too much of Ruzzian flag.

    That third kit is going to be beautiful!