Espanyol Kit 2011-2012

The new kits for 2011-2012 were revealed today at the stadium at Cornellà-El Prat. Li-Ning continues to be the kit sponsor and Interapuestas.com will likely return as shirt sponsor even though their logo is not on any of the kits.

Home kit: The shirt is the same as expected, reported here last week. One blue stripe bisects the white panel in front giving the illusion of our classic striped kit. I don´t usually go for kits with panels but Li-Ning got the design just right. It reeks of class and the right sort of nostalgia. It reminds me of a kit we might have had in the early seventies or late sixties. The details are very classy. I like the badge on the shorts. I like the placement of the Li-Ning logo and how unobtrusive it is. I especially like the perico logo on the side and the slogan written on the sleeve: ¨la força d’un sentiment.” Behind the neck is also the cross of St. Jordi. A great home kit.


Away Kit: for all I have said about the home kit and how much I liked it, I have to retract almost all of it. I´m not a big fan of horizontal stripes as it is, but these look wretched like something out of Tron. The colors don´t sit well together and the spacing is off between the dark blue background and the lighter stripes. The only consolation is that it isn´t a pink and black striped kit like we had a few year´s back.

Goalkeeper´s Kit: Just a blander, less obtrusive version of the away kit. The gray stripes on black background are nicer and less-jarring.


Grade: for the home kit alone I give it five stars out of five. They knocked it out of the park. Add the annoying away kit and I need to drop it to three out of five stars. A rank release almost torpedoes the best kit design of the Summer.

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