Should Women's National Team Kits Be Feminized?

There has been a lot of strong opinions about the recently unveiled USA Women's National Team Kits made by Nike.

The response have been somewhat negative from the understandably passionate US National fans with thoughts including 'Possibly the worst kit ever......that's a bad kit....appalling......'

This is the new kit via ussoccer.com:

Germany have also had a new design for their WNT kit. Designed by Adidas, the kit has more of a feminine feel compared to the Men's National team's kit, View here.

I just want to point you to a previous discussion on WSU.

Is the designs better for the female body to be able to perform at the best ability, or is it purely cosmetic?

Another issue that has been raised is that there is no male equivalent shirts for male fans of the women's national team. At this moment, there hasn't been a comment from the players as to whether they like the look/feel of the design but we will be able to watch the USWNT perform in their new kits tonight against England, more details here.

What is your take on these dedicated kits, and the style in which they are being made?

Tags: adidas, football, germany, kits, national, nike, team, uswnt, womens

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Permalink Reply by Holly on July 18, 2011 at 1:48

I just want to say I think that you should be able to get all football shirts in a female fit. When it comes to buying shirts as fans I'm pretty sure there will be women/girls like me who need to buy a large "boys" shirt because the small mens is too big. This is ok when the tram you support isn't sponsored by an alcoholic beverage company, then they take the sponsors off the kids shirts.There should definatly be female fit shirts available to fans. As for the national teams I think that the it should be up to individual players what fit they wear but I don't think there should be any differences between the male and female teams shirts except the fit.

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Permalink Reply by cory martin on July 18, 2011 at 4:08

I'm a male, and while I like how these kits look on the WNT, I could never wear one and look decent. So, if they're looking at merch sales, I'd hope for a unisex look, so you don't leave out your male supporters. But Holly's concern is a good one. I just think there's more subtle ways to tailor a jersey to a woman.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on July 18, 2011 at 9:53

That's what I mean Cory, women/girl fans have had to buy male shirts for years. The male and female teams shirts should be the same but just cut differently.

cory martin said:

I'm a male, and while I like how these kits look on the WNT, I could never wear one and look decent. So, if they're looking at merch sales, I'd hope for a unisex look, so you don't leave out your male supporters. But Holly's concern is a good one. I just think there's more subtle ways to tailor a jersey to a woman.

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Permalink Reply by Women's Soccer United on July 18, 2011 at 12:18

I agree with you @Holly and @Cory, and I think that after the World Cup people can see the large volume of supporters and I think their would be a huge demand for the kits - if they were made to fit and style both men/women.

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Permalink Reply by 2xehxtxemyk65 on May 10, 2012 at 22:05

Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized haute couture when he introduced the trouser suit about 50 years ago. He introduced a whole bunch of designs in ladies´ clothing that we take for granted today.

Some nations never encouraged women playing beach volleyball to wear the skimpy bikini outfits they generally wear, but one doubts if anyone would watch beach volley ball were it not for those women wearing those outfit. Many lady track and field athletes have for years competed in bare midriffs, something the me do not! Sepp Blatter got into hot water early on when he suggested that ladies´ football might be watched more if the ladies played in different attire, yet FIFA under Blatter has promoted ladies football like there was no tomorrow. The German sports superstar Gold-Lena declined to be folded out in Playboy but did a series of adverts for a luxury lingerie.

Football is part of the entertainment industry. Japan winning the Ladies World Cup last year could have been scripted by Hollywood. The Wonder of Berne in 1954 was a seminal event in the aspirations of a nation. Can you name the scorer of the winning goal? But you know who lost. Life goes on.