World Cup 2010 Jerseys: France

March 10th, 2010 | by: Daryl |

photo-du-jour-benzema-presente-le-n Today we’re taking a look at the home and away jerseys of France, as modelled by Karim Benzema to the left there.

All World Cup 2010 jerseys are available to see and buy in our World Cup 2010 store, but the idea here is that we take an honest and semi-critical look at the home and away shirts of all 32 teams at World Cup 2010. Remember, everything below is just personal opinion / kneejerk reaction and I’ve got no fashion credentials other than accidentally seeing about four episodes of Project Runway. So whether you agree of disagree I’d love to get your reaction to these shirts in the comments.

France Home Shirt

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The royal blue colour of the France jersey always looks good in my opinion, but it’s the red and white around the mid-section that I’m not fond of here. I know it’s meant to represent the blue, white and red of the French flag, but the pattern just seems a bit… random. Unfinished even, like the two sections were meant to meet in the middle but didn’t quite make it. If I was feeling cheeky the I’d suggest an alternative pattern. Like maybe Thierry Henry’s handprints. But I’m not, so I won’t.

A much more successful attempt to incorporate the tricolore can be found if you look a little higher up. All adidas jerseys carry three stripes on the shoulders, and this one is no exception. But there’s a band of red running between the second and third stripe, producing a subtle but clear pattern of blue, then white, then red on the shoulder. I love seeing examples of team specific design within the standard template, and the shoulders of the French home jersey are a perfect example.

France Away Shirt

france away

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The white away jersey allows the three striped tricolore on the shoulders to stand out even more. Definitely a good thing. Meanwhile the thin grey vertical stripes on the body prevent the white from being too white and making you go blind. I quite like the collar too, with a nice mix of blue and gold. It’s somewhat rare for the away shirt to trump the home shirt, but I’m pretty sure that’s what’s happened here. Hopefully France will wear the away shirts vs Uruguay in Group A, and then find themselves facing another blue team in the knockout rounds.

What do you think of France’s home and away shirts for World Cup 2010?

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http://nz.worldcupblog.org Craig

Shouldn’t the French jumpers have pockets – so they can keep their hands away from the ball?
http://marseille.theoffside.com/ Sarah

Ugh- I really don’t understand the obsession with incomplete stripes. They just look like an error!

Though, I like the gold close up it is impossible to see when watching the game- it just looks all white with some incomplete stripes..
MoMONEY

i like the ones they wore in qualifying more
Foreverzidane

I like the Jersey very much and it looks even better long sleeve. Tough to find at a bargain price with name and number but will keep on looking.
fan across the atlantic

I do not like the Home jersey, because the incomplete stripe, but also because with the thin white and red lines it seems like they were running out of those color threads so they faded out as they went towards the center.

I like the shoulder stripes, and the Away jersey.
http://www.worldcupfootballchampionship.com/ Sphurthy

France and South Africa Jerseys are really good.
Jean-Francois

Daryl. The red and white stripes in the mid-section are a modern twist of the 1998 jersey where it went straight across.
Al

So I guess they abandon the plans to write ‘cheaters’ across the back?
sandrahn

Al and Craig, f–k off, grow up and get the hell over it!
sandrahn

Guess I’m easy to please, I like both kits just fine.
Kxevin

Love both home and away. I’d love to find the long-sleeved TechFit version like the players wear, but can only track down short-sleeved.
Coconut

The home jersey is not bad, its just that the away kit stands out more IMHO.

France looked good in them when they played against Spain. It was kind of cool watching Spain in black vs France in white.

I dont know about you, but when i see the white kit, i automatically think of the navy for some strange reason. Like an admiral to be exact.
Jean-François

Coconut, I remember you being a Mexico fan right? I envy their new black jerseys, I have always wanted to see France wear all black once. I do love seeing France in white though, reminds me of 2006.
Coconut

Yea, at first i wasnt a fan of the black kit til i saw them in action. It grew on me. I want WCB to write an article about our jerseys already!

Although i like the all black kit, it seems a bit cliche now. Spain, Germany, Mex have somewhat similar away kits. I think that France stands out even more with their away kit cuss of the fact that there’s more teams turning to black kits.
http://www.worldcupblog.org Daryl

Coconut, We’re doing Group A first, so Mexico will either be next or next but one.
Coconut

Yar, i read the little blurb on the SA Kit article. Keep up the good work! i usually spend an hour at work reading WCB/Offsides articles. Do wish there were more water cooler articles though :(
Paul

The white kit is money! One of the best looking kits in the tournament without question.
rashed

Home jersey is so so but away jersey looks awesome