Palace and Kappa^® unveil a new collaborative collection: the first time the two brands have worked together.

The Palace Kappa^® collaboration is a celebration of timeless Italian street style and 1990s British football culture. The series of jerseys, tracksuits, caps and accessories offers a fresh take on classic garments that is simultaneously referential and new.

Kappa^® invited the Palace design team to explore the Kappa^® archive in Turin, Italy. The extensive collection houses jerseys worn by iconic players, sportswear re appropriated by Britpop stars, and the hundreds of different Home and Away kits worn by Kappa^®-sponsored teams over the past 30 years.

The Palace design team focused on archival garments that they fondly remember wearing as streetwear ready-mades in the 1990s. Jerseys represented local affiliations, but over time the colour ways evolved beyond strict team allegiances.

The Kappa^® Palace collaboration includes a “90’s fit� crinkle effect long jacket in technical nylon with the Maxi Kappa logo on the shoulders and Palace’s reworked “banda'' on the sleeves. Another stand out item is the iconic Kappa^® 222 Banda tracksuit in polytricot, reinterpreted with a playful new Palace Kappa^® logo. T-shirts with Raglan sleeves are inspired by iconic soccer jerseys in blue, yellow, pink, and black, and a soccer boot bag with the Kappa^® and Palace logos in rubber round out the collection.

The Kappa^® Palace collection will be available at

 

Palace stores in London, NYC, LA and Tokyo; DSM - London and LA

Online at palaceskateboards.com

 

LAUNCHING FRIDAY 3^rd DEC

• UK IN-STORE & ONLINE 11:00AM GMT

• EU ONLINE 12:00PM CET

• US ONLINE 11:00AM EDT 8:00AM PDT

• NY IN-STORE 11:00AM EDT

• LA IN-STORE 11:00AM PDT

 

LAUNCHING SATURDAY 4^th DEC:

• JAPAN IN-STORE & ONLINE 11:00AM JST

• WECHAT 11:00AM CST

ABOUT KAPPA^®

Kappa^® was formed in Turin Italy in 1958, and the brand began its journey into sport in the 1970s. Kappa^®’s iconic “Omini� logo was the first logo ever to appear on the Juventus jersey (1978), and was the first clothing logo to depict a human being. In 1980, Kappa^® sponsored the US National Athletics Association, the first Italian brand to sponsor an American team. The Omini logo accompanied American athletes worldwide, at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and in Seoul in 1988. Over the following decades, Kappa^®-sponsored sports multiplied: from rugby to fencing, from skiing to sailing, from golf to martial arts. Today Kappa^® sponsors professional and amateur teams around the world, an iconic mark that is symbolic of sport. Kappa^® is a brand of BasicNet SpA, the Company also owner of Robe di Kappa^®, Jesus^® Jeans, K-Way^®, Superga^®, Sabelt^®, Briko^® and Sebago^®.

 

ABOUT PALACE

Palace Skateboards was founded in London in 2009

https://www.palaceskateboards.com/