Following its reveal on Friday morning, Evertonians are now able to view their new hummel home kit for the 2021/22 season from every angle.
The kit, which features a two-tone patterned blue shirt, white shorts with royal blue and yellow detailing, and white socks, can be pre-ordered online at evertondirect.com and will be available to buy from Thursday July 15.
Evertonians from around the world have played a leading role in the kit’s launch video by lending their creative talents to imitating the shirt’s striking pattern and submitting user generated footage of their creations coming to life.
The video follows the unique dazzle pattern being recreated as a stunning piece of sand art at Bellarine Peninsular in Victoria, Australia, and incorporated into an eye-catching hairstyle at a barber studio in Ireland, as well as showcasing the artistic abilities of a Chinese nail artist, Malaysian carpenter, Greek graphic designer and US-based baker.
The use of the dazzle pattern is inspired by the role of the city of Liverpool and its docks in painting naval ships with the inventive and bold livery during the First World War. The brainchild of a British marine artist, the use of contrasting shapes, tones and colours proved highly effective at disguising a vessel's size, speed, distance and direction, confusing the enemy at sea.
To this day, the practice is celebrated in Liverpool through a working Mersey ferry ‘ Everybody Razzle Dazzle’ , painted to commemorate the dazzle ships in 2014 as part of the city’s First World War centenary activities.
Fans are also able to view the kit up close from every angle thanks to a series of images that show its detail.
There are zoomed in images showing the detail on the crest, sleeve, chest and neck.
