Good evening, my darlings; how are we on this fine day"
England plays Brazil. Should be a fun match-up. Shame the pre-game drama is about a kit detail.
That said, I do want to weigh in on it because I live in this world.
Nike presented this take on the English flag as a fun design feature. It has caused quite the culture war.

What is amusing to me is that this went right to politics. The nationalists decried it, some bigots jumped on it, and the flag lovers of the country railed against the abomination.
The left-leaning football accounts, even the football kit specialists, decided that they’d go the other way and say it’s outrageous for fans to be bothered by things like… kit details.
Uhhhhh… have we all lost our minds here" The bad right shaming the country with gross comments. The left pretending that symbolism is now not important" Kits are part of the culture. How a country is represented in design is consequential. Those are two factual statements. The only type of person who would disagree with that statement is the sort that doesn’t like football transfers. Kits are massive; pretending they are not is an unacceptable viewpoint.
Forget boring culture wars; let’s distil this to the most fundamental question: Does it look good"
It doesn’t.
If it doesn’t look good, let’s ask the next question: Is the design rationale worth it"
No, it’s not. I have to be honest, when I first saw it, I a...