I awaited this season’s away kit with some trepidation, having heard that we might be replicating the blue zigzag pattern of Arsenal’s second kit from last season (the one they wore for the opening game of the season some of us might need to YouTube it as we probably won’t remember what happened). I recall some online consternation at launch time regarding what on earth would happen when we played Norwich away, and I fear that social media users might have thought me serious when I said, “Put everyone in yellow, including the officials. Portugal’s Euros kit, I’m looking in your direction. Most importantly, it was both visible and true-to-life on the pitch, unlike certain patterns which can blur with movement and look a mess. But, when the kit was released and I saw that the players looked fabulous in it, I was forced to eat my words there was no hint whatsoever of mustard, egg yolk or cheese and, instead, it was fresh, tastefully cool-toned and vibrant. That said, I don’t suppose this was top of the club’s priorities when choosing the colour. I must confess that I winced a little at the rumours of last year’s buttercup yellow, although this was for purely selfish reasons as I knew it wouldn’t look great on me. I also look ok in red and white, which is just as well, and stripes suit me much better than the tone-lowering rugby club hoops as sported by They Who Shall Not Be Named. I haven’t been a Brentford fan for long enough to have experienced many kits through the ages, but I looked great in the ‘behind closed doors’ charcoal grey with red trim, and in the previous season’s gorgeous black and gold. Until then I would just wear any colour without giving it a great deal of thought but, ever since, I have been acutely aware of what suits me and what doesn’t – I’m a Winter, thank you for asking – and this includes football kits.
Blue caboodle skin#
The colour analyst’s role was not only to examine my skin tone and tell me if I were a Spring (pastels), Summer (brights), Autumn (warm-toned, falling leaf colours) or Winter (cool-toned jewel colours), but also to demonstrate just how sallow, jaundiced and awful I could look in the wrong colour palette. (Yes, this is a thing, or at least it was in the late 1990s.) Many years ago, at some sort of local artisan craft fair, I had a colour analysis session. Bees fan Nemone Sariman welcomes the unveiling of Brentford’s new light blue away shirt and gives her views on what makes a good kit in her mind.
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