In a collection that combines trend and history, the national teams of Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina bring back some of their most celebrated designs.
Occasionally, the time to rediscover a historical garment coincides with a global trend. This is the case with the new adidas collection, which transports us to the brightest moments of football from teams such as Germany, Argentina, Mexico, or Spain (at least in terms of style) and fits perfectly with the current bloke core trend. FOOTDISTRICT looked for different angles of this collection and gave it the precise point of nostalgia.
The garments worn by the Spanish national team at Euro 1996 harken back to the 1990s. A button-down collar, cross stripes, and the federation’s crest on a jersey that reflected a seriousness that was unusual at the time. A minimalism that even left the brand’s logo in a terse “adidas” placed in a central position. The jacket, which was more in keeping with the times, stood out for its loose fit and the three adidas stripes that formed the flag.
Adidas has travelled back in time to 1985 to resurrect one of its long-forgotten designs for Mexico. The second kit includes the original FMF crest, as well as the adidas trefoil and three stripes in flag colours. A one-of-a-kind jersey that harkens back to the style of the 1980s.
The Deutscher Fußball-Bund, the German football federation, which adidas has always looked after with some of its most memorable designs, returns with the garments that accompanied them in their Euro 1996 victory. The first kit is white with the classic three stripes on the shoulders, and the second kit is green with the stripes crossing over the shoulders. The three stars on both commemorate the three World Cups won thus far, 1954, 1974, and 1990 (the fourth star, in 2014, was yet to come).
For many, 1994 was the World Cup that defined the style of the 1990s, a golden era in which the epic, drama, and excesses were as important as the outcome. A football tournament played in american football stadiums, the first Cup decided on penalties, the one with Maradona screaming at the camera. The wide patterns of the jerseys allowed for experimentation with visual structures, and the materials that were popular in the 1980s were pushed to their limits.
Argentina’s away kit is distinguished by three woven stripes, an embossed number ten, and a diamond pattern on a bright blue background.
