Umbrian

Umbro, the historic football shirts that defined the aesthetics of football

Umbrian The renowned English company that defined the aesthetics of football thanks to its ability to adapt to the needs of athletes. Umbro is best remembered for its vibrant, fashionable designs and textures. It is certainly among the sportswear companies that introduced the concept of merchandising, creating a clear separation between football jerseys and streetwear for off-stadium wear. The idea of ​​creating away jerseys, now known as Awey, allowed designers to play with colors, textures, and symbols from each team's tradition. This allowed Manchester City to change their second jersey every year during the 1980s and 1990s, sparking passion and, above all, loyalty among fans who, in turn, became true collectors. historic football shirts Umbro have marked the history of football itself to the point of creating an exhibition in 2019 with all the Umbro '95 memorabilia.

Umbro Historic Football Shirts

The first team to entrust its uniforms to the Humphreys brothers' company was in 1934 Manchester City , who won the FA Cup that very year. Umbro has been making kits for big and small clubs for years, without forgetting the national teams, for example Brazil, the three-time World Cup winner in 1994. In Italy, the first big club to rely on Umbro was Inter . The designers of the English sports house focused mainly on the light blue, which they made lighter, on the texture, on the collar with a "clutch" button and, revolutionary, they also modified the shorts and socks, which until then had not had any value in merchandising. Another big club that relied on Umbro in that period was Naples . In this case too, we worked on the tones and textures that had been almost monochromatic until then. The true memorabilia are always the away shirts: the red one with the white pattern from the shoulder to the sleeve, the white one or the garnet one with the blue sleeves. Our collection includes many of these one-of-a-kind items, such as the historic shirt of Parma Football Club of the 1991/1992 sports season. Umbro decides to abandon the yellow, opting for a white background and sleeves with alternating yellow and white stripes.