Famed football club AS Monaco recently agreed to a partnership with Nike. To celebrate: new home kits.
Conflating a modernized aesthetic with nods to the club’s rich history, the new AS Monaco kit features a unique bi-color blocking pattern, with red and white diagonally split across the shirt. That pattern was debuted by AS Monaco in 1960, the same season it won its first French championship, and is paired with a classic polo-style collar.
The shirt also employs a new AS Monaco crest, representing the beginning of an exciting new era for the club. The red-and-white striping, borrowed from Monaco’s flag, and the crown topper are retained from the previous crest, but the new version features sharper styling and a richer shade of gold.
Further, where the previous crest features “ASM FC,” the new version expands that script to “AS MONACO FC,” loudly announcing the club’s identity.