Argentina — Jersey 01
Albiceleste
Sky and chalk.
Sky-blue and chalk-white, paisley jacquard down the centre, a number ten on the back and a man with the cup over his head. Built for the wearer who watched Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2022 and felt the same thing both times.
BDT · ships from Dhaka
Size
Tell us your height and weight and we’ll suggest a size. Know your chest? Enter it for the most exact fit. This is a guide, not a promise — measurements are approximate.
| Size | Chest | Length |
|---|---|---|
| S | 40″ | 26″ |
| M | 42″ | 27″ |
| L | 44″ | 28″ |
| XL | 46″ | 29″ |
| XXL | 48″ | 30″ |
- Chest
- Measure around the fullest part of your chest.
- Length
- Measure from the highest point of the shoulder (next to the collar) straight down to the bottom hem.
Please note: measurements are approximate and may vary by ±1 inch.
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Albiceleste · Argentina — the concept
Three stars on the chest, two centuries of weaving on the cloth.
Albiceleste — chalk and sky. The two colours of the AFA, used at full strength, with nothing else added. The vertical stripe down the centre carries Argentine paisley, the Italian-Atlantic cousin of the Persian motif, kept by Buenos Aires weavers since the 1880s. The pattern hides in the cloth until the light hits it at angle, the way wrought iron hides in San Telmo balconies until you walk under one at the right hour.
The crest carries three stars. Three World Cups: 1978, 1986, 2022. The fourth is what 2026 is for. On the back, a number ten in sky against chalk, and below it a silhouette of a man with a trophy held over his head — the canonical Lusail moment, reduced to a shadow.
Cut and sewn in Dhaka from 380gsm Japanese loopwheel cotton. Ribbed knit collar in heavy ivory. Numbered to 300.
Study · six frames
Every motif, named.
I. The Ten
Sky-blue ten against chalk. Below it: a man with his arms raised, a trophy over his head — December 18, 2022, Lusail Stadium, the moment Argentina won the cup back after 36 years. We don't name him either. The silhouette is enough. Around the figure, the chalk works through the cloth in faint paisley — wrought iron from San Telmo balconies, bandoneón breath, the curve of the river Plate.
II. Head-on
Two fields of chalk meet a stripe of sky down the middle. The vertical band carries paisley — the Argentine cousin to the Persian motif, brought across the Atlantic by Italian weavers and kept by the porteños. The AFA shield sits exact center. Three stars above it, in order: 1978, 1986, 2022. The fourth one is what 2026 is for.
III. The Heart
AFA — Asociación del Fútbol Argentino — embroidered in raised chalk and sky-blue thread. Three stars, a laurel wreath, a small trophy in low relief. The paisley around it is woven into the cloth, not printed onto it, and you only see it when the light strikes the weave from the side. The ribbed collar is heavy ivory cotton, the kind used on tennis polos from the early 1960s.
IV. The Cloth
The trim band, up close. A run of chalk-coloured fleur-de-lis sits on a sky-blue jacquard tape, traced from the AFA's own ceremonial sashes. The ribbed collar holds its shape after a hundred washes. The body cloth is loopwheel cotton at 380gsm — heavyweight, irregular weave, slightly slubby on the cross-grain.
V. Off the rack
The ten on a back, in a concrete room, with the light coming in low from the left. From across the room the figure below the ten holds the cup over his head and reads as a man saluting. From closer in, it reads as a memory you've already had a thousand times.
VI. Worn
Worn against plaster. The cloth falls heavy; the central stripe does not break across the chest because the paisley is jacquard, woven into the same plane as the chalk fields. The crest sits at the heart. The collar holds its shape. The paisley reveals itself only when the wearer turns into the light.
