Chelsea Football Club and adidas have unveiled the new away shirt for the 2012/13 football season. The strip combines classic and modern, with an exclusive fading three-stripe design on the arm and a light aqua design element on the front of the shirt, which harks back to traditional football shirt design.
The new adidas Chelsea Away football kit for 2012-13 features the first ever fading three stripe design on any adidas designed kit. This exclusive design featuring traditional light aqua contrasts stylishly against the white detail of the shirt creating a jersey that successfully marries the modern and the classic.
These light and dark blue shades complement the classic Chelsea Reflex Blue colourway to include many of the colours associated with the club’s recent successes’. The theme is reflected in the collegiate navy coloured Chelsea FC badge, applied with a white satin stitch on both the jersey and shorts. The stylish design is finished off by a collegiate navy rib on the ends of the sleeves and a light aqua piping around the v-neck collar.
The 2012-13 Chelsea away shirt again features adidas Techfit technology in the playing shirt, proven to enhance performance. By stabilising and focusing the muscles’ energy to generate explosive acceleration and deliver maximum power output, TechFit technology helps to improve speed, increased endurance capabilities and enhanced awareness. The shirts also feature adidas ClimaCool technology, a mixture of heat and moisture controlling materials, ventilation channels and 3D fabrics which improve air flow to the skin in the key heat zones.
Chelsea fans are still revelling in the success of being crowned European Champions, and with the signing of Eden Hazard to join Lampard, Terry, Mata, Marin, Torres and co. the future along with this new away kit is certainly looking bright!
The new Chelsea away kit will first be worn during Chelsea FC’s pre-season tour to the USA where they will face the MLS Allstars. Available to pre-order now, the kit will be officially launched on Thursday 5th July. We'd love to hear what the Chelsea fans think of their new 12/13 adidas away shirt? Share your thoughts and join the conversation online, on Twitter and on Facebook.