New Kits 23/24

The most unbelievable thing about any of it is they were going to sell them for only £30.
 
Lennon7 said:
“Looks downright gnarled in that gram”
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These look solid, the logo size and font on the shirt looks much better than expected
 
I think the sponsor would look better with the logo on top of the typeface, but that's my only gripe. Best kits we've had in years, and the first time in a long time that all three have looked genuinely good.
 
Every new mock up I see of the away kit makes me like it less and less, and the original mocked designs that were posted on here had my mouthwatering. Oh well.
 
I'd be happy with those. Obviously the sponsor would be better if it was just text without the logo but still a million miles better than that Chevy bling we've had to look at. I like the '92 kit vibes of the away shirt.
 
Is it me or does there seem to be a textured/patterned finish to the home kit??
 
Never get why they don’t add a bitta black tipping like the 2001 kit
 
Gazza said:
Every new mock up I see of the away kit makes me like it less and less, and the original mocked designs that were posted on here had my mouthwatering. Oh well.
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You're not the only one, per-

Plant0x84 said:
The light blue (cloud white?!!) away kit gets a little worse every time it’s updated. Shame about the Adidas logo too.
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Explain yourself, @decorativeed
 
hungrywing said:
You let them make uglier versions of what we were promised. I'll never forgive you.

Seriously though, personally I'm hoping either one of those earlier versions is the real one and not this latest-posted one.
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The early 'leaks' are almost always made by someone on photoshop from second-hand information they got from someone else who saw an early design, or got some inside information somehow. So they are only vaguely accurate. The colours may be right, but the rest is pure imagination.

I spoke to the adidas designers last year about leaks and how they prevent them, and they said it's really difficult, because they have to at some point send out the designs to get fabric samples made up in an external facility. Then they have to send those samples out to other people involved in the production, they also have to present these samples for sign-off by the clubs around 12 months before they are released. So stopping the leaks of information is really difficult at the early stages. Once the kits have gone into production is when the proper leaked photos start appearing, but before that we have people making fakes based on the fan-made images that are on the likes of footyheadlines or Twitter.

Back in 2019, I met the head of design from adidas at the Emirates Stadium and was shown the international kits (the ones which should have been the Euro 2020 home kits) a day or two before they were officially released. We had to sign non-disclosure forms before they showed us them.

Anyway, these ones are alright, I suppose. Bits I really like on them, bits I don't. I'd have loved it if a kit that was inspired by our 1993-95 away kit was actually black like that one was, for example. I'd have liked the 90s style collar from that third kit to also have been used on the away kit, as I think we've overused crew necks in recent years and it'd fit with the retro vibe of the rest of the shirt better.

Edit: Also, with the previous (fake) versions of the away kit, I said I didn't believe we'd ever put sky blue on a united kit, and the gradient effects would probably be made by a stipling of royal blue and white, just like on the 1990-92 away shirt. Looks like I was right.
 
decorativeed said:
The early 'leaks' are almost always made by someone on photoshop from second-hand information they got from someone else who saw an early design, or got some inside information somehow. So they are only vaguely accurate. The colours may be right, but the rest is pure imagination.

I spoke to the adidas designers last year about leaks and how they prevent them, and they said it's really difficult, because they have to at some point send out the designs to get fabric samples made up in an external facility. Then they have to send those samples out to other people involved in the production, they also have to present these samples for sign-off by the clubs around 12 months before they are released. So stopping the leaks of information is really difficult at the early stages. Once the kits have gone into production is when the proper leaked photos start appearing, but before that we have people making fakes based on the fan-made images that are on the likes of footyheadlines or Twitter.

Back in 2019, I met the head of design from adidas at the Emirates Stadium and was shown the international kits (the ones which should have been the Euro 2020 home kits) a day or two before they were officially released. We had to sign non-disclosure forms before they showed us them.

Anyway, these ones are alright, I suppose. Bits I really like on them, bits I don't. I'd have loved it if a kit that was inspired by our 1993-95 away kit was actually black like that one was, for example. I'd have liked the 90s style collar from that third kit to also have been used on the away kit, as I think we've overused crew necks in recent years and it'd fit with the retro vibe of the rest of the shirt better.
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FAO anyone reading this:

listen to @decorativeed when it comes to kits.

Also you let them make uglier versions of what we were promised. I'll never forgive you.
 
The 3rd isn't great, way too busy for my liking.

the home / away are decent though. Hopefully the final products will look at bit more polished.
 
I like the latest leaks...the sponsorship logo is higher up like the old Sharp logo and the away is more closer to the 91 away that also divided opinions (I loved it ...). The earlier versions of the away looked very crude almost as if they were blurry Sheff Wednesday kits gone zig zaggy.
 
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