The France Euro 2024 away kit is out – and this one is going to resonate with fans of a certain age.
Euro 2024 kits are beginning to drop and as ever, scouring back from the archive is a popular past-time for designers. This one, however, is a loving reworking of a classic from Les Bleus' considerable backcatalogue, re-working an icon from the days of Michael Platini for Euro 2024.
As if they weren't already world-class on the pitch, they're now dressed to match.
The France Euro 2024 away kit is an elegantly pinstriped dream from Nike
The last three tournaments have reinvented France – both in terms of the team and how they dress. An efficient side in effortlessly modern getup, this is a generation that are young and cold in style.
But the French are arguably the best dressed of any nation. The annals are littered with horizontally-striped kits in reference to the country's historic marinière look – and Nike are taking that feel 90 degrees this year.
Pinstripes were the order of the day as long ago as the 80s when the French wore a white away shirt with red and blue lines all over. It's the same this time: only the lines converge from one side to the other to form the French flag. C'est très belle.
While Platini and pals were no doubt in the designers' minds on this one, there's certainly a reminiscence of the 2006 away shirt in which Zidane pirouetted and panenka'd in at the World Cup – shortly before committing football's most famous case of on-pitch GBH.
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France Euro 2024 away kit (Image credit: Nike)
It's been fun to see Nike reinvent the wheel with Didier Deschamps' side in recent years – and perhaps one day the 2018-2022 kits will be reinvented with old pictures of Mbappe and us telling our kids what a player he was. But sometimes it's nice to revisit the classics, right?
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France Euro 2024 away kit (Image credit: Nike)
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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.
