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Brazil has worn a yellow home shirt since 1954. But it hasn’t always been the same shade of yellow. This year, the squad will sport a more vibrant Samba Gold than they have in 20 years. To determine the exact shade, designers took a colour swatch book to the Football …

After claiming their first continental title in France two years ago, Portugal will travel to Russia this summer as kings of Europe — and they’ll do it wearing a collection befitting their new regal status. The home kit delivers a rich, classically Portuguese aesthetic topped off with celebratory splashes of …

It has been said that a football team represents a way of being. In France, this notion holds true. Les Bleus, as the country’s national team is colloquially known, are a vibrant representation of French sensibility. The team holds tradition and dynamism in equal esteem, and so do its fans. …

When the Nike Mercurial line debuted in 1998 everything was shocking; the colours, materials, even the athlete who inspired it, were truly beyond any preconceived expectation. Twenty years later, that element of shock and awe hasn’t dissipated. After all, the Mercurial has regularly shifted and constantly evolved to follow through …

“I grew up in Africa and have always admired the strength of animals,” says designer Kim Jones, who followed his hydrogeologist father to Kenya and Botswana as a youth. Fittingly, it also drove an interest in speed. “The cheetah is the fastest land animal, so it makes complete sense as …