2017/18 Soccer Kits

[Beantown77]

18 hours ago, BlackBolt3 said:

Are these the first ever international soccer kits to be inspired from a football team's design? Seems like it.

 

I know around here we (the Revolution fanbase) were not particularly fond of the 2010 home kit when it came out because we felt they were trying to emulate the look of the Patriots, especially with the addition of silver which had never been a part of the primary kit color scheme at any point in their existence.

[vicfurth]

3 hours ago, njdevs7 said:

Crystal Palace kit is amazing. Barcelona take notes...

 

 

Way better than this years red-blue-red kits. Cheers, Palace. 

[Jaffa]

A new kitmaker - Craft - and thus new kits for Dutch footballing powerhouses PEC Zwolle...

 

[Conrad.]

Need to spread those stripes all the way across the front, imo. It's a downgrade from this season's kits, but it's not terrible.

[upperV03]

^Yeah, I'm actually warming up to it quite a bit. Obviously this season's is considerably better, but I don't mind the direction they took for next season's at all. As far as experimental designs go for Barça's home kit, I'd say this is one of the better ones in recent memory. It's certainly better than the 2012/13 kit as well as last season's hooped kit. Plus they've generally alternated between experimental and traditional designs, so the 2018/19 kit will likely return to something more traditional and/or classy. I do agree about the stripes needing to be stretched across the entire front and back, but I'm not too bothered with it as is. 

 

Also, here's official photos of the Man City, PSG, Inter, and Roma kits:

The photos of the Man City shirt are showing the authentic version, while the images of the PSG, Inter, and Roma shirts are all showing the replicas.

[fl00dsm0k3]

Nike can burn for what they did to PSG, but that Inter kit is beautiful.

[Berlin Wall]

The new Hoffenheim kit, I like that:

 

[njdevs7]

Barca could've easily used that Inter template 

[upperV03]

The first real image of the Juve away shirt has surfaced (credit to Twitter user @DMJFC10).

It's a really nice shirt overall, except the blue triangle insert on the collar is rather unnecessary. I wish Adidas wasn't using that detail on so many kits this season. But even with the triangle insert, the shirt should look absolutely gorgeous when paired with blue shorts and yellow socks.

[upperV03]

Also, here's the authentic version of the Barça kit, complete with shots of the shorts and socks as well:

Unlike the first iteration of the Vapor Aeroswift template, it looks like Nike has figured out how to include the full Vapor Aeroswift technology on kits which include graphic elements. With the current iteration of the template, Nike was seemingly unable to implement the full knitted construction on the front and back for kits that had graphic elements in the same areas. That bodes well for the upcoming national team kits since Nike refrained from creating unique graphics for the current kits of their premier national teams so they could instead show off the full Vapor Aeroswift template. I also find it interesting that on this updated version of the template, the contrasting sleeves seem to be more noticeable on the back side since the front features more of a mesh pattern rather than the knitted construction of the back half of the raglan sleeves.

[hendocfc]

Barcelona got the best striped kit from Nike this year... and even so it's still awful.

[upperV03]

Authentic version of the PSG kit:

And Schalke third:

[Berlin Wall]

3 hours ago, hendocfc said:

Barcelona got the best striped kit from Nike this year... and even so it's still awful.

 

Hertha and Eintracht Frankfurt will most likely have striped kits, too. As both aren't world clubs, leaks are very unlikely.

Let's see what they will come up with.

 

I love that Schalke third kit!

[Berlin Wall]

Stade Rennes:

 

[hendocfc]

5 minutes ago, Berlin Wall said:

 

Hertha and Eintracht Frankfurt will most likely have striped kits, too. As both aren't world clubs, leaks are very unlikely.

Let's see what they will come up with.

 

I love that Schalke third kit!

 

Yeah they're not "top" clubs,but you never know 

[Berlin Wall]

1 minute ago, hendocfc said:

 

Yeah they're not "top" clubs,but you never know 

 

That's why they won't get leaked before the official release. But they got an exclusive contract with Nike. So they'll get the new Aeroswift template.

 

It amazes me how the Bundesliga got 4 clubs with exclusive Nike contracts, but none of them is a top club. (I don't count Leipzig as a top club yet)

[MJWalker45]

6 hours ago, upperV03 said:

Also, here's the authentic version of the Barça kit, complete with shots of the shorts and socks as well:

Unlike the first iteration of the Vapor Aeroswift template, it looks like Nike has figured out how to include the full Vapor Aeroswift technology on kits which include graphic elements. With the current iteration of the template, Nike was seemingly unable to implement the full knitted construction on the front and back for kits that had graphic elements in the same areas. That bodes well for the upcoming national team kits since Nike refrained from creating unique graphics for the current kits of their premier national teams so they could instead show off the full Vapor Aeroswift template. I also find it interesting that on this updated version of the template, the contrasting sleeves seem to be more noticeable on the back side since the front features more of a mesh pattern rather than the knitted construction of the back half of the raglan sleeves.

This seems to be Nike and adidas' MO. Make sure you see the tech in year one, dress it up in year two. Remember adidas' first Techfit kits? 

[upperV03]

Here's the first real look at the shorts of the Man City home kit:

[Gothamite]

8 hours ago, upperV03 said:

 

 

[PaperThin]

Inter 17/18:

It's such a shame how we can't have one Milan derby where both teams look nice. What a disappointing jersey by Inter.