Nike and the Netherlands National Football Team have unveiled a new away kit for 2015-16, a striking, white-based design that embodies the Dutch national colors and the team’s penchant for fast-paced football.
The Dutch are known not just for that exhilarating, constant speed, but for relentless attacking. That urgency is evoked through the gradient speed graphic that adorns the shorts, mixing white and orange rays from side to side, and even extending up into the underarm stripes of the shirt.
Those aesthetics are executed in a traditional Dutch palette — orange shorts and crisp white shirt — which serve to starkly contrast and amplify one another, as well as reconcile with the famed colors of the national team.
Adding a distinct touch, the numbers and names manifest in a special font created by Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel, who looked to retro 1970s football kits for inspiration.
The new Netherlands away kit will be worn throughout the coming year, and is available at global retailers and Nike.com starting March 21. Stay tuned for plenty more football kits in the coming weeks. (Such as the just-unveiled Portugal away kit.)