With the 2020/2021 season coming soon for many leagues around Europe, clubs are unveiling their new kits online. The reaction online can be extreme but usually, it focuses on how attractive a shirt is. Important of course. But we rarely consider how the shirts we adore are actually made.
Today we look at the practices of multinational sports apparel companies and ask, what is the human cost of making football kits?
Guests:
Paul Roeland (@polyester) is a transparency coordinator for the Clean Clothes Campaign.
Rob Warner (@Real_Rob_Warner) is the co-founder and creative director of the design agency Spark. In the past, he’s worked for companies like Umbro, Puma, O’Neill, and LuluLemon.
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