Serie A's Greatest Ever Kits (Part I)

I’m not a writer, I’m a digital illustrator and so design interests me.

For me, Serie A shirts are the most aesthetically pleasing designs of any league in the world. No other league offers more unique shirt designs and colours. Italian branded shirts are always best. Ennerre, Diadora, Errea, Lotto and Kappa are legendary Italian shirt manufacturers and it’s a shame they don’t have the influence on the market that they used to. Macron is a relatively new player to the market but they have been producing brilliant shirts for years.

You can list other Italian sportswear companies such as Ellesse, Fila, Pantafola D’oro, Legea, Givova and Legea. It is hardly surprising that Italy, the home of fashion, has so many vivid football shirt designs.

Usually, an editors note would come at the end of an article. However, I feel I need to start this article with a disclaimer. This is not definitive proof of which Serie A kit is the greatest, its my opinion. It’s going to be biased. Just reading the article you can probably have a good stab at guessing my age and when I started watching Serie A.

I’m confident that I’ve got my list right but I am also confident that you think my list is wrong. And if you do, that’s fine, its just my opinion. Please feel free to tweet me your favourite kits too! (Or why not start a discussion using the comments function - ed.)

I intended to do a list of my top 10 favourite kits, then it dawned on me; “what if I miss out team x or team y?” So instead, here is part one of my look at each Serie A team’s greatest ever kit:

Atalanta

For any kit manufacturer, Atalanta is an easy shirt to get right. Simple design with blue and black stripes and for the most part (Asics aside), the kit suppliers usually get the design right. Early 90’s Atalanta shirts, also known as the “TAMOIL years” are absolute classics and difficult to choose a stand out kit.

Just for how unique the shirt is, I’m picking the Atalanta white away shirt used between 1991-93 made by Lotto. White shirt with Lotto and TAMOIL written in red, classic La Dea badge on the chest, sounds simple right? This is where the simplicity ends. The rest of the shirt is covered in a blue and black print that I can only describe as “rain on car windscreen”. I’ve never seen a shirt like it and I doubt we will again, so for the sheer distinctiveness of the shirt, it gets my vote. See for yourself below: