Missing the World Cup? Enjoy Its Greatest Kits
The World Cup doubles as a fashion show, with countries displaying carefully designed kits that represent their identities. The designs are prepared over years in the knowledge that billions of people will see them. When the tournament began in 1930, kits were extremely basic and teams had only one strip. In the inaugural final, Argentina and Uruguay both wore light blue tops. When the tournament resumed after World War II, shirts began featuring more design elements. In the 1970s, manufacturers started placing their marks on the kits. A kit can give Somali football enthusiasts a visible connection to the team they support and the tournament they remember, while its design can inspire debate as lively as the football itself.
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