CollarUpKits
@CollarUpKits
Football Addict | Collector since 1992 🇬🇧🇺🇸 | Author of “A Culture of Kits” & “Football Kit Italia” | Full collection on Instagram - CollarUpKits
My love letter to Football Italia releases via Pitch Publishing Aug 18th 2025. Available now for pre-order. A large coffee table book celebrating Football Italia/Gazzetta, the kits, teams, players and manufacturers that made 1992-2002 one of the most iconic periods in football 🇮🇹
📚 The first glimpse of the new book from @CollarUpKits, Football Kit Italia - and it looks stunning! Released 18th August, available to pre-order now from Amazon for £25 (RRP £35) 👉 amzn.to/4nWCoeP #ad
Thanks @WPDigital2 🇮🇹⚽️
*NEW #BLOG POST* The latest blog post on Football Art Online is now online with a huge thanks to John @CollarUpKits for your contribution! "The golden era of football and football kits" is available to read here: 📘footballart-online.co.uk/blog/the-golde… #Calcio #blog #shirts⚽️💙
The best part of being an author? A thread of an idea turning into a physical thing of beauty before your eyes! My copy has arrived and it looks incredible. 1 month today #FootballKitItalia hits the shelves. Open now for pre-order 🇮🇹
Es la mejor Fiorentina de todos los tiempos?
The Parma kits of the 90s/00s are a collectors dream. Variant sponsors, niche manufacturers & iconic players. #adriano and #nakata featured in this one - the 02/03 European home kit. Who was the best player to feature for Parma in the #footballitalia era?
In my upcoming book, Football Kit Italia, I explore #nikes impact on #seriea and #italy during the #90s ; It was a privilege to be able to capture the design process thoughts of legendary Nike designer @dramberg in my book. The creator of this trio of beauties. Open for pre-order
If you lived for this you’re my kind of person 📺 🇮🇹 ⚽️
An absolute honour to play a small cameo in this BBC celebration of a football shirt icon;Ina Franzmann. Ina was the Adidas designer that created the West Germany 1988-91 kit. A kit that not only delivered a World Cup win but one that also pioneered a new era in expressive design
In 1992, as C4 began broadcasting Football Italia in the UK-#umbro dominated #seriea . At the start of the 1992/93 season they supplied 1/3 of the league including #inter and #lazio . Read all about their legacy and iconic designs in Football Kit Italia - open for pre-order 🇮🇹⚽️
Had a great hour and half geeking out about the golden days of calcio with @rob_fletcher_ and @Scraggy_74 @thesefootytimes. Been a fan of their podcasts for years! These guys really know their stuff…🤗⚽️🇮🇹👌 @PitchPublishing
🇮🇹 Veni, Vidi, Vici: when Italian football ruled Europe in the 1980s and 90s, with author @DominicHougham, @rob_fletcher_ and @Scraggy_74. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/4lCsi0G
In my upcoming book, Football Kit Italia, I explore #kappa ‘s journey throughout the #90s . A supplier synonymous with #juventus during the peak #seriea glory years and one whose kits evolved and echoed the broader globalization of the game during this period. 🇮🇹⚽️.
Things you don’t see anymore- the homemade print. It lived in an era of jumpers for goal posts. 20-a side. Kappa trackie bottoms. Playing til dark. Next goal wins. Headers & volleys. World Cup singles. Yellow ball in winter. Lucozade. Adidas sambas. 3 mile cycle home. The #90s
In my upcoming book, Football Kit Italia, I explore #lotto ‘s impact on #seriea in the 1990s . At the start of the decade, domestic manufacturers like @lottosport dominated the scene and delivered hit after hit for a swath of top teams 👊. Available now for pre-order 🇮🇹
Happy #oasis day! The soundtrack of my youth. Songs sung with working class urgency. Songs that made you feel like anything was possible. 20yrs since I last saw them live and whilst there are songs I can’t wait to hear again, all I want is two brothers laughing and reconnected 🎤
