Crystal Palace Macron shirt 14-15

Macron are an Italian manufacturer that I really want to find out more about their shirts.  So getting hold of a Palace shirt was a great way to find out.  The shirt is very much Palace's colour so what added some yellow to make it even "Barca" like.

Shirt's embroidery a bit rough.  This was supposedly a players version therefore I had expected a more transferred crest.  But both logo and badge embroidered.  Shirt has a decent shape about it.  A bit narrower than supporter's edition given it a better slim fit.

Sleeves are decent length and yellow helm makes its character.

I like the collar design.  It's subtle and gives it a trendy feel.

Overall it's a shirt that I like.  The material is very elastane and may be a Macron attribute.  It's very stretchy but comfortable enough.  Just the embroidery a bit rough by today's standards.  And there is a sign that the advertiser may start fall off after several washes.  I wished they can just sell a non sponsor version.

China volleyball Jersey

Another volleyball shirt that is pretty cool.  Found this in Taobao.

http://world.taobao.com/item/523842008433.htm?spm=a21bp.7806943.2014080708.9.eb7T27

Decent seller.  Quite a nice vest with the bright red and yellow combination.

Vest was about 40 CNY so less than 7 USD.  Can't expect it was original adidas.  But quality was pretty good.  Nice material for gym.

Adidas logo looks decent.  I guess their factories have perfected it.  They probably make these in their spare time after doing a run for adidas.  Like Spain, China also use the red and yellow combination nicely.  But still this does not beat the Jersey they had the 08 Beijing Olympics where there was a hint of silver in the red and yellow design.  That shirt was made by a Chinese manufacturer Anta or was it 361degrees.

The 3 stripes and labels gives it away that it ain't official adidas.  As they never make 3 stripes with such vertical stitching or inner labels like that.  But for the price, it's great and fits well.  They messed up the sizes but a large is like a small and around 19.5 inch pit to pit.  Nice fit for skinny person like me.  A pair of shorts came with the vest making it even better value.

They had this in various colours like this dark navy "libero" one. Same thing just reverse colour.

Iceland Errea Away football shirt

Another shirt from a team that will be making its debut in Euro 2016.  This Iceland away shirt

I was very keen to get hold of one of these.  I was somewhat disappointed.  It's more dull than I had expected from the stock pictures from the manufacturer.  I hope Iceland get a much better shirt for the tournament.

Errea do make some decent shirts but this one is just tacky in comparison.  The collar is kind of cheesy.

Overall the material of the shirt feels below par and it's bordering making feel as it was a fake shirt which it isn't as it was bought from an official outlet.  The sleeve is not long but the shirt seems outrageously wide for a small size making it a horrible fit.  It's over 21 inch pit to pit.

Considering the colours of blue, red and white, some really cool combination of designs could have been made.  Instead this just seems dull and not particularly appealing to wear.

Albania football shirt

Another shirt of interest. Cheer on the newcomers to Euro 2016.  It's an Albania shirt.  This was worn in qualifying.

Shirt itself is actually from a standard adidas tyro template design.  So it could be bought as a shirt for any team to transfer their creative onto it.  Which somewhat makes it cool in a way.

Crest is transferred onto shirt so it's a bit like a player's issue.

Shirt is standard adidas shape.  A bit longer sleeve than I liked but it's not too loose.

Highly recommend www.classic-kits.com for selling the shirt. 

Brazil volleyball Jersey

Been wanting to post this for a while.  Some of these jerseys are just so cool and collectable.

Huge fan of volleyball shirts.  Think they are great to wear in the summer and gym etc.

This Brazilian shirt is just such a classic.

 

 Finally got hold of one from seller Futfanatics.net.  Highly recommend buying from seller.  They have several other items of great interest especially from Brazilian football teams.

Shirt has a nice material, great for the summer. Small size fits a slim person just fine.  Around 19 inch pit to pit. 

Brazilian Volleyball federation (CBV) transferred at the back. 

All of the logs are on the material itself so no problem with them coming off after several washes.

Just fantastic shirt with nice colours. made in Brazil by Brazilian manufacturer Olympikus.

Austria Puma away shirt 14

Now this was another little gem picked up from www.elevens.com.hk and it is somewhat an unsung gem in many ways.  I hear a lot of opinions that these Austria shirts are boring and waste of time.  I cannot disagree more now I got hold of this one.  In short this is a simple but sublime shirt.

The plain white with black trim is a treat.  It's got a slightly more crew neck than the Slovakia 14 shirt.  It has a minor faux collar which I think makes it hotter.

They heard us about the crest on previous version being rough.  This is perfect.  

It uses a template with a slightly shorter sleeve.  It's somewhat smaller than the Slovakia shirt but ever so slightly larger than the Italy 14 shirt.  It's a decent fit anyway.

The material is good as usual and generally this is a smart shirt.  

Cameroon Puma away shirt WC 14

Found a great supplier who has many of these post season Puma shirts for sale at great prices.  www.elevens.com.hk excellent trade.  This was a afcon team template with Cameroon getting the full monty print.

Larger crew neck.  Good use of the red around it.

Excellent print detail and badge is spot on.

Sleeves are quite long.

Material is fantastic.  Overall a "rasmatazmic" design.  It would have looked great if they could have made it smaller as its a bit of a loose fit being quite big.  Would be amazing if we could have a version like what the players had.

From the back it looks smart.

Slovakia Puma away shirt 14

Another www.elevens.com.hk offer and nice shirt it is.  Very well made and a bit like the Italy WC 14 shirt.  It is a bit bigger so not as ideal snug fit.

Shirt looks great nevertheless.  I like the crest on the fabric and the white trim at the side.  I like the mild faux collar too.

Don't I just love Slovakia's badge.  It's so cool.

The badge is great.  Puma have it sussed.  Only problem is will it last lots of washes?

Decent sleeve length.  Not as tight as Italy 14 though.

Material is great.  Light and smooth.

Clean look from the back.  It's a gem for the price I think.