It’s promising to be big! Umbro and designer Throup announce statement collab

A 14-year gap in an important collaboration requires a statement launch. Which is why Umbro’s regroup with designer Aitor Throup is being hailed by the UK sportswear brand as “revolutionary”.

It isn’t happening until next April but it will be “cutting-edge” with their third association “seek[ing] to challenge and disrupt conventional football training apparel through forward-thinking product innovation”. 

Also expect the collection “to rewrite the design rulebook not only in football, but the world of performance apparel as a category”.

Umbro first partnered with Throup on its 2009 England football home kit, when he first brought his “signature progressive yet minimalist design aesthetic to the ‘Beautiful Game’.”

Following the success of this collaboration, Umbro developed its partnership with Throup in 2011 through the launch of Archive Research Project, reimagining a capsule of iconic Umbro styles and defining a new football-specific language of apparel design.
 
The third chapter of Umbro and Aitor Throup will launch in time for SS26 in partnership with Italian sports and streetwear pioneer Slam Jam to spearhead international distribution. As they say, watch this space…