Nike and Liverpool FC have unveiled the team’s new away kit for the 2021-22 season.
Nike’s jersey design is based on an understanding of the huge impact of global soccer on local culture.Perhaps no other sport is as big as the Beautiful Game, both in terms of the number of people who join it and the footprint it leaves in its wake.Starting with both, Nike is serving a new generation of fans from around the world by combining thoughtful, original club designs with low-carbon fabrics.
Of course, Nike’s creativity in jersey design is still the leading and most relied upon.The design of the new season’s away shirt highlights the different shining points of each club’s identity through local culture, iconic architecture, and a rich color scheme.At this moment, Nike’s jerseys are causing modern fans to discuss culture everywhere.
Liverpool’s 2021-22 away kit takes its cue from the classic design of the 1996-97 away kit and is presented in marble white.The color also symbolizes “The Three Graces” that make up Liverpool’s iconic city skyline – the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.As is customary, the “96” flame logo on the back of the jersey below the collar commemorates the 96 fans who lost their lives in the Hillsborough tragedy.