DCist: The Nationals Could Also Use a Stylist

jayevee

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:21:48 -0500

The Nationals could use a stylist? This coming from a city that has no fashion sense or style? Kinda ironic, dontcha think? I probably have been to more Nats games than all of those commenting here combined. The funny thing? I live in Miami. P.S. I happen to like both the patriotic jersey and the idea of wearing one for the 4th of July and other patriotic holidays in the nation's capital. And it's nowhere near the atrocity of that soccer uniform someone posted.

bsquared

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:29:36 -0500

I didn't know the Nationals were mostly women! Or maybe men should be the ones modeling the uniforms. Turns out that men and women have different shaped bodies...

Andrew Wiseman

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:30:53 -0500

I like the script Washington jersey - I can't wait til they put it on a t-shirt. I don't like that blocky font.

Mike Licht

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:17:56 -0500

Why are those gals wearing those red and blue smocks? Are they about to get a shampoo at the beauty parlor?

voteprime

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:01:21 -0500

Paul Lukas over at UniWatch also breaks down the new jerseys. He's not really happy with any of it.

voteprime

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:52:35 -0500

Even more than the block letters on the home jersey, I've always hated the gold highlights in the lettering (in the "DC" cap too). So if the script writing gets rid of both, I say let's put it on everything!

sfw

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:38:24 -0500

Give me back my DC logo.

Vaughan

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:18:13 -0500

agreed, HCE. what's with the weird priest-like lines around the shoulders and down the fronts of the alternate jerseys? it looks ok on the women, but for the guy's versions of the jerseys it seems a little odd. maybe they're invoking all the religious symbolism they can think of, hoping for divine intervention and some wins. or a win.

HCE

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:38:48 -0500

"Maybe the uniforms wouldn't look so bad if they were modeled on actual baseball players instead of "models." What's up with that?!" Those two alternate jerseys definitely look like women's softball uniforms.

AMDCer

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:23:45 -0500

Yeah, why didn't they use actual Nationals players to debut the uniforms? Oh, right, no one would have come to see Nationals players...

IMGoph

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:18:58 -0500

i always thought, from the beginning, that there was something wrong with having two fonts on the uniforms that clashed as much as the block and the cursive do. doesn't manny acta look a little bored in that last picture? no, wait, a lot bored!

downtown rez

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:09:52 -0500

I like the stars and stripes DC. i don't much care for the cut of the jersey, though. or the patch on the sleeve. Oh well.

Jim D

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:39 -0500

I'm with Reid. The away jerseys are a vast improvement, and the home jerseys should go the same direction - ie, away from the block letters. I do like the "DC" logo on the alternate red jersey, but the Patriot version gives me a headache.

adamsmorgan

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:50:39 -0500

Maybe the uniforms wouldn't look so bad if they were modeled on actual baseball players instead of "models." What's up with that?!

Hillman

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:43:27 -0500

I'd give up being afflicted with The Gay briefly for some quality time with the 'patriot jersey' girl.

Ben Schuman Stoler

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:40:13 -0500

the patriotic mistake they're passing off as a jersey reminds me of the horrible men's national soccer jersey from 1994. seriously. the only people that should be allowed to be on a playing field while wearing a flag are streakers.

3jacks2nines

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:29:11 -0500

since they're already halfway to pajamas, why not sell actual pajamas to fans, since they will be sleeping through most of the game anyways...

cactus jack

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:28:10 -0500

I think Isis looks very nice in the patriot jersey, but it's a step down from modeling for Tyra.

Reid

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:27:04 -0500

Bringing in the cursive "Washington" for the away jerseys is finally the right step. They should have done the same for the home jerseys. That blocky font simply is too incongruous with the curly W. Since the curly W is more popular (and more historical) I don't see why they don't go all the way and drop the awkward blocky font for the home jerseys as well.

majapa

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:16:49 -0500

I kind of like the patriot jersey. :(

JPK

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:10:40 -0500

why can't we tear down that stadium, send the last-place team packing, and bring back the SE strip clubs?

DC1974

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:07:51 -0500

Jerseys don't look so bad, but that's the most boring/trashy group of models I've ever seen.

no_more_caffeine

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:57:17 -0500

Hellooooooooooo Miss Alternate-Home-Red-Jersey