QUOTE(giotto @ Apr 19 2007, 11:21 PM)
Thats the problem with Kappa jerseys when they first launched their super stretch tight fitting jerseys. It was meant to emphasize on opposition players pulling the Kappa players jersey. It looked so good on the Italian players and my lady friends were drooling over those hunky Italian players with those jerseys. However, the same cannot be said about the fans. Lets just say not all fans have Totti-ish body physique. Some of them were so damn fat and it their fats were stretching the jerseys. Made them looked silly. On the other hand, some were too thin and it made them look scrawny and stupid wearing those jerseys too.
That's the thing mate.. Unless if you have a six pack on your bod, better don't wear them. It was meant to help players wearing it in matches to prevent opposition players to purposely pull it. It's made out of lycra, same material use to make the tight pants such as the bicycle shorts or swimming suits. Very stretchy but hard to grab by opponents.
My mate used to have one spurs kappa jersey. He ironed it and the thing became sloggy and loose. Hehehe. dunno what he did, looks funny. For me, I will never wear a kappa jersey because I only have one pack. Hahaha.. My wife would laugh like crazy if she sees me wearing one.
The fact is, kappa sells jerseys for supporters in crazy sizes. They have XXXXL size jerseys, meant for big guys like me. So if you wear an XL, don't dream of wearing a XL kappa jersey comfortably.
Diadora is different, not so body hugging like kappa. Diadora is the dying breed of sports brands that is still trying to survive in the world of football (along side brands like Lotto). Mizuno and asics are almost dead (they more focus on boots only). Nike and adidas are the two big brands that seems to be unbeatable at the moment..
I wish United wore umbro back again. Umbro were so creative and innovative on United jerseys. United had jerseys with laced collars, background of old trafford, zipped collars, cotton-wool like jerseys (sharp digital jersey), reversible centenary jersey and others.. Nowadays, you look at Umbro and they are out of ideas already. The england kit almost has the same design like the Everton, West Brom, Notingham Forest and others....