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  1. From what's been gathered a red helmet is still strongly in the mix. Whether red will be the primary helmet/jersey choice is yet to be seen - but I think a lot of the fan base is hoping for that. As someone who thought the last set was near perfect, these arent bad so far. I was expecting a lot worse - and they still feel like an evolution of the old set instead of a complete overhaul. The absence of chrome so far is a good sign.
  2. I'm pretty sure it's the interior of a building called Post HTX which has one of the best rooftop skyline views of the city.
  3. I don't mind these, but my concern is that the Homes look really similar to our last qualifying cycle kits, albeit a little more boring, and the sleeves might look pink from a distance. Although I think we've been rumored to get a throwback kit for the olympics, so maybe they purposely avoided going too navy heavy for that reason. The away is actually kinda cool. I grew to love the "bomb popp" (hate that nickname still) so I actually look forward to hopefully red from the waist down. I also feel like nike has strayed too far from cleaner jersey materials. Idk if it's to combat counterfeits, but the heavily textured kits have almost become distracting, and it's odd when it becomes a design element that translates to the pattern being sublimated on replicas.
  4. NBA has normally given teams and option for an in house design or a nike led design for city uniforms.
  5. I don't think they purposely design bad new uniforms to be obsolete in 5 years...BUT I have had this theory that they make existing uniforms look a little wonky in hopes that the teams will want a redesign. Ex: the Saints color rush uniforms look much tighter than their primary uniforms. Their primaries always look a little bit "off".
  6. God forbid somebody is trying to get out of a major slump..
  7. FWIW I think NBA Authentic jerseys (now) are good quality and feel like a well thought out garment. It has zonal ventilation and nice quality embellishments, finished with a rubber/silicone nba logo. MLB quality just looks a mess. And I hate to admit it but i've come around to the truncated shoulder stripes. Oddly enough all jersey trim is placed over the jersey body and sewn on as opposed to it being separate from it. Which is the opposite of what nike did in baseball. They went from trim on top of fabric to separate trim - and so far it does not look good. I think it was Eric Bodamer who designed for Adidas/NHL who said that when Adidas took over the league they took into account how fans perceive the look and feel of authentic jerseys. You don't want a heavy jersey, but you want embroidery and twill and just overall materials that feel substantial.
  8. They stated multiple times that it's a modern interpretation of past sounders kits. Pinstripes from '83, dark green and light blue from '74. Solid green back is a rule, not a choice. Also the green is supposed to be the updated rave green. I think the photography and different materials may just make it look a little bit off.
  9. It could be a conflict of interest being that he has his own clothing line and it didn't clear through legal? I feel like a hipster shoot is appropriate for Seattle, y'all are probably the third most hipster club behind Portland and Austin. Idk how this kit is getting any hate, it might be the best of the season for me. Looks like a very classic kit but the colors are uniquely Seattle. I thought they hit it out of the park. Even the promo photos are really high fashion in a good way.
  10. Is anybody else surprised that the new jerseys didn't carry over the same diagonal texture pattern from the WC template? I was fully expecting to see that with the new releases. I guess its a slightly different template.
  11. It rubs me the wrong way when Michael Rubin has these extravagant parties with people dressed in high end clothes meanwhile Mitchell & Ness no longer uses actual stitches in their jerseys, just a single layer nearly transparent fake tackle twill while charging more. The M&N quality has gone so far downhill. At least the fanatics branded fan jerseys never had a reputation of quality. I'm not a huge hockey guy, but I don't have high expectations for the new gear.
  12. This is great. I never understood why reebok/nike/etc insisted on the triple w/g/w shoulder stripes, when it just needed to be one stripe insert paired with capped sleeves. Random gripe: I wish more teams went the Raiders route with widened TV numbers. Every team that doesn't, especially in the Nike area is left with tiny numbers that look like little stickers.
  13. Red Socks..but with white bottoms. I was hoping they'd wear that combo one last time this year as a farewell to the original set.
  14. This is a combo that would benefit so much from the white-bottomed socks.
  15. Did we ever get to the bottom of that? I know we had legitimate sources/info...was it something that was on the table and scrapped? Did any legitimate leaks come from that? I'm still curious as to what that would've looked like.
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