Welcome to the Kitlocker.com Kits of the Year 2024! 🏆
2024 has been an incredible year at Kitlocker HQ. And a massive thanks to you guys for helping us to push the boundaries of kit design even further over the last 12 months.
There were soooo many incredible kits shipped out this year. It was ridiculously tough to narrow it down to just ten. We could have picked literally hundreds. But we’ve done our best.
Feast your eyes 👇
Grenfell Athletic
We’ve been working with Grenfell Athletic for a number of years now and have designed some incredible kits together. If you aren’t already aware, the club were formed from tragedy but have gone from strength to strength. The club are now the “fabric of the community” in more ways than one.
The latest Grenfell Athletic shirts are possibly the most special yet. Each shirt is embellished with a unique piece of fabric donated by members of the local community, celebrities and supporters.
There’s a story woven into every shirt. Stories which can be accessed via holding your phone over the top of the team badge. A truly, unique, meaningful and ground-breaking peace of sportswear. Read more about it on Hypebeast and order one for yourself from us with proceeds going back to the club and community.
Cambridge United
It was a tight call whether to include Cambridge’s home or away kit from this season. But despite the home kit being a stone cold stunner, it’s the change strip that really got people talking.
They’re a well educated lot down there in Cambridge, so we’ll let them describe the design for you:
“The eye-catching vibrant away shirt was initially inspired by the plethora of water lilies along the River Cam, with the imagination growing further afield to an aqua-inspired floral baroque design, which can often be seen in far-eastern pottery.”
All we know is, it’s a work of art and our design team really knocked this one out of the park.
6+1 The Movers
Back in October, for our Kitunlocker campaign, we connected with 6+1 The Movers. A Sheffield based running club who have built a very strong community, bringing together a mix of people from various backgrounds who have a common goal. Particularly, building friendships and improving their wellbeing with a Saturday morning 5k run.
Coinciding with Black History Month, we provided them with some very special customised kit. The Movers wanted to incorporate Pan-African colours into their new kit: green, yellow, red and black. And to elevate the shirt and make it even more unique, we also added a custom black silicone Nike Swoosh.
Find out more about the story behind it ⬇️
Yorkshire Disability Cricket
Yorkshire Disability Cricket compete against other counties from around the UK in the Northern Group of the S9 Softball competition.
The team’s aim is to encourage all those with either physical or learning disabilities to get involved in playing cricket in a welcoming and fun environment.
As part of our Kitunlocker campaign we were able to produce these stunning Nike shirts to showcase the team’s identity and give them that professional feel every time they take to the pitch. The Yorkshire rose is sublimated into the jersey’s for that real bespoke element.
Candi United
INDIVISA are one of the most prominent champions of the women’s game across social media and have built a network of grassroots clubs in their mission to help grow the sport.
As part of their mission they’ve sponsored the kits of a number of clubs in conjunction with us. All of the kits are individually designed and pretty damn beautiful if we say so ourselves. This, for Candi United was just about the pick of the bunch. For more, check out the INDIVISA socials.
Grimsby Town
In what ws our first season working with the club, we were blown away by the love received for the Grimsby Town home and away kits 😍
Their change strip was inspired by the club’s 92/93 away shirt with a similar colourway and pattern used.
To find out more about our work with Umbro on pro-club kits over the last couple of seasons, give the “They Think Kits All Over” podcast with our own Mike Atkin a listen.
Malvern College Rugby
This magnificent kit for one of our key education sector customers, the prestigious Malvern College, is one of the best Rugby kits we’ve produced in recent years.
It’s a made to order Castore design which utilises the rugby team’s colours to full effect, with a classy touch of gold to finish 👌
Durham University CC
As you’ll see throughout the course of April’s kits of the month list, we’re already having a terrific cricket season.
Our made to order capabilities are really allowing us to push the boundaries of cricket kit and empowering our customers to show their team identity more than ever.
This bespoke Castore kit for Durham University CC is one of our all time faves. The patterns, the colours, the logos and even the name/number font all work together so well.
Filthy Fellas
These boys have revolutionised the podcast game. Whether you watch them on YouTube or casually listen on Spotify, you’ll always be entertained.
And with Kitlocker.com by their side, they’re also starting to dominate the football shirt game too. This was their second shirt drop with us and… well. Just look at it 😍
The custom Umbro design is the result of close collaboration and intense attention to detail. And the launch video was everything you’d expect from Filthy Fellas. Now completely sold out.
Wales Hockey
We were delighted earlier this year to announce our partnership with Wales Hockey.
The multi-year deal will see us provide players, staff and supporters with cutting edge match kits and training wear from premium sportswear brand Castore.
If the first set of kits are anything to go by, this will be an exciting partnership 🏑
See you in 2025! 🥳
That wraps up our Kits of the Year for 2024 👕
An unbelievable year for kits. We’ve loved working on every single one that we’ve designed, printed, embroidered, sublimated and DTG’d.
Here’s to more of the same (and probably even better) in 2025! ❤️