Human rights organisation Equidem has alleged that female workers producing official merchandise for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup are being exploited. According to a report published by global human and labour rights group Equidem, women who work in the factories in Bangladesh that create official apparel for FIFA tournaments are being overworked and underpaid. While the FIFA garments include official merchandise that is available for fans to buy, they does not include the football kits worn by players themselves, which are not manufactured by FIFA. Supervisors alleged to "verbally ab ..read more

East London football club Walthamstow FC has unveiled kits featuring designs by mid-19-century designer William Morris's company Morris & Co. To produce the kit, Walthamstow FC teamed up with Walthamstow-based William Morris Gallery, which is housed in a listed building that was once Morris's family home. The fit features a botanical design called Yare The home and away kits, along with a jacket, all feature a botanical pattern named Yare, which was created around 1892 by John Henry Dearle – a textile designer who worked for Morris and Co. Dearle's design features turquoise and green ..read more

As the 2023 Women's World Cup kicks off today in Australia and New Zealand, we have rounded up the kits of all 32 nations taking part in the football tournament. From 20 July to 20 August 2023, this year's Women's World Cup will see 32 teams competing across eight different groups, in kits designed by the likes of Nike, Adidas, Puma and Reebok. This year, sportswear brands have reinterpreted the national flags and unique terrains of each country as abstract geometric designs, while incorporating everything from recycled materials to period-proof shorts. Below are kits from all 32 nations that ..read more

Graphic designer Neville Brody has collaborated with Nike to create a typography for the England women's football kit that references the original Wembley Stadium's art deco origins. The lettering and numbers are an updated version of the typeface that Brody created prior to the 2014 World Cup for the England men's team football kits. Neville Brody designed the typeface in collaboration with Nike This typeface is taller and lighter to accommodate reduced sizing and features more angled elements with stencil-like lines "to bring more of an inventive and creative narrative," according to B ..read more

Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled home and away kits for the England women's football team, which both include blue shorts after players voiced concerns about wearing white while on their period. Designed by Nike for this summer's Women's World Cup, the home kit features the Nike Pro Short in a hue called Gym Blue, while the away kit's shorts come in Coast Blue with a Gym Blue trim. Both pairs were integrated with the sportswear brand's Nike Leak Protection: Period technology. This consists of an ultrathin absorbent liner that is built into the shorts so that players can bleed more comf ..read more

Creative agency Hen's Teeth has released the Goalissimo range of football shirts created for human rights group Amnesty International's FIFA: Time to Compensate Migrant Workers in Qatar campaign. Designed by 13 creatives from countries playing in the 2020 World Cup in Qatar, the shirts will be sold to raise money for the Amnesty International campaign. The FIFA: Time to Compensate Migrant Workers campaign aims to encourage Qatar and football's governing body FIFA to pay compensation to migrant workers who have suffered labour abuses during the construction of the 2022 ..read more

Ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup commencing in Qatar on Sunday, we have rounded up the kits of all 32 teams playing in the international football competition. Though not a catwalk, the World Cup is arguably the biggest stage a fashion designer could ever hope to see their work exhibited on. This year's strips include jerseys made with ocean plastic or recycled polyester and a kit designed to protest against the circumstances surrounding the tournament. Below are kits from all 32 nations that will be on display in Qatar, arranged in alphabetical order: Argentina by Adidas As with previou ..read more

Sports brand Hummel has designed toned-down football kits for the Danish national team to play in at the FIFA 2022 World Cup as a protest against the event being hosted in Qatar. The trio of kits, which will be worn by Denmark at this year's World Cup in Qatar, were created by Hummel and the Danish Football Association (DBU) to criticise Qatar's human rights record and draw attention to the number of migrant workers who have reportedly died building the event's stadiums. "At Hummel, we believe that sport should bring people together," said the bran ..read more

English team Coventry City will play this season in football kits designed by sports brand Hummel that were informed by the city's Basil Spence-designed cathedral, which was consecrated in 1962. Designed by sports brand Hummel, the club's home, away and third kits, as well as the goalkeeper shirts, for the 2022/2023 season all contain elements that were informed by the Grade I-listed Coventry Cathedral. The away kit was based on the cathedral's baptistery window "The Core concept was linking the design to the 60th anniversary of the consecration of Coventry Cathedral," said Hummel U ..read more

British designer Stella McCartney has collaborated with sportswear brand Adidas to create a leopard-print football kit for English club Arsenal's women's team. Set to debut at tomorrow's women's team match, the pre-match shirt will be worn by players before games at home for the rest of the 2021/22 FA Women's Super League season. The men's team will wear the shirt once ahead of their Premier League match at Crystal Palace on 4 April. Stella McCartney and Adidas have created a leopard print football kit The pre-match shirts form part of a 10-piece clothing collection for Ar ..read more