Man City's new away kit is styled on The Haçienda
It features the club's signature black and yellow chevrons on the shoulder
Puma is already earning its keep after locking in a £650 million ten-year kit deal with Manchester City, styling the English football champions’ away kit for the 2019/2020 season on iconic Madchester club The Haçienda.
The strip features the dance institution’s signature diagonal black and yellow hazard chevrons, originally conceived as the interior design of the spot by Ben Kelly. The background of the photoshoot also depicts patterns similarly the the Piet Mondrian-esque artwork for New Order's 2015 album 'Music Complete'
The Haçienda was the epicentre of Manchester’s growing rave scene in the early 1980s, although it closed permanently in 1997 due to issues with drugs and gang violence. It is still Manchester’s most well-known and historically best-loved club, and last year was officially recognised by Historic England as one of the country’s most important sites.
The home kit also pays tribute to a different part of Manchester’s cultural legacy, styled on the cotton factory looms that drove Manchester’s industrial revolution.
Adam Petrick, PUMA’s Global Brand Marketing Director, said: "We want the club’s global fans and local Mancunians to all feel invested in [the Man City and Puma partnership], and it starts with combining our very creative kit designs with authentic stories from Manchester’s history and music scene.”
The official kit launch video also features Mancunian rapper Bugzy Malone alongside Man City players and manager Pep Guardiola. Watch it below.
Jemima Skala is a freelance journalist, follow her on Twitter
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