Fashion Faux Pas: Champions League Kits Gone Awry

By: chris | September 17th, 2008

If the day-glo yellow didn’t work for Chelsea, it was never going to work for Lyon – even in a less blinding hue. Though a bit of credit is due, because they have improved since their Native American motif of the mid-90’s. (Exceptionally hideous picture of Ludovic Giuly wearing the XXXL edition and looking ready for flight after the jump.) And in fairness, they weren’t the only ones to rock the crossing guard tribute, as Fenerbahce were a guilty as well.

I’m thinking corneas might actually fear those.

Then there’s Arsenal, who have something of a debatable CL kit going on right now. It’s not utterly horrendous, some may even like it, but the color combo is strange – particularly the yellow, a running theme here – and it looks like a retro track jacket you’d find at Old Navy. Not exactly haute couture.

The referee seems to agree, punishing Bakary Sagna for his offense. Or maybe he’s just showing him what hue the yellow should be.

And the evidence that Lyon is progressing, albeit slowly.

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• Joe |  September 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

  
  
  

  Wow. First the Lyon honor post and now this. Be honest with me… are these posts some ploy to exploit the France-Italy animosity and get some comments going?

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• chris |  September 17th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

  
  
  

  Honestly? Hadn’t even thought about it. Arsenal was the first kit I noticed.

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• Joe |  September 17th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

  
  
  

  Oh ok. Not that there would have been anything wrong with that.

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• $killZ |  September 17th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

  
  
  

  who cares, its better than the boring red versus blue.

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• alessio |  September 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

  
  
  

  I don’t know what’s worse; Arsenal’s kit, or Sagna’s hair.

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• deadringer |  September 17th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

  
  
  

  You seem to be missing the point on the Arsenal kit…(A) the club’s traditional away color is yellow, and (B) the kit itself is a tribute to the 1989 league winning team, hence the retro look…

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• safari |  September 17th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

  
  
  

  Arsenal’s kit looks like human hot-dogs.. tribute or not.

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• Rob |  September 17th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

  
  
  

  I like Lyons. Arsenals is woeful tho.

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• Laurie |  September 17th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

  
  
  

  Arsenal’s kit looks like human hot-dogs.. tribute or not

  Remind me not to buy hot dogs wherever you shop. Thank you.

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• ursus arctos |  September 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  
  
  

  As has been noted independently on a number of the game threads, the real sartorial crime in this year’s competition is the perpetuation of the idiotic Champions League rule that requires large single colour squares behind each player’s number, which has resulted in the ruination of half the kits in the group stages (with Barcelona and Celtic being particular victims).

  A slightly less annoying, while still deplorable, tic is the re-appearance of the all lower case player names (see Villarreal, Arsenal, etc.). And special mention to Steaua Bucharest who somehow have managed to get a different shade of red on the back on their shirts from that on the front.

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• Mat |  September 18th, 2008 at 10:00 am

  
  
  

  is that Guily in the last pic?? Those Lyon dresses seem to be inspired from the classic Germany National team shirts

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