With opening day just four weeks away, the Premier Lacrosse League made a mammoth stride towards their up and coming debut season by unveiling new uniforms for all six teams, courtesy of Adidas.
Each uniform highlights Adidas’ well-known three-striped logo on the upper left chest, and going down every sleeve.
Taking motivation from the speed and vitality of the amusement and intertwining it with famous 1980s references and symbolism, Adidas fashioners worked together with PLL competitors and the official group to conceptualize, structure and create this new look for the upcoming season
Todd Rolak, Sr. Designer for Adidas U.S. Sports, had this to say in the press release:
“As the creator sports brand, we set out to both challenge the status quo and blend the past with the future. We’ve created and delivered some radical, game-changing concepts that showcase our vision for the sport and highlight each team with unique tonality, team crests, graphics, and typography. These concepts serve to help elevate each team’s identity and foster new lacrosse club communities.”
With that said, here’s a detailed look into the inspiration and design for each uniform.
Archers LC
Taking the topic of a sharpshooter and basing it upon that of a bow-and-arrow, Archers LC uniforms are detailed with feather fletching graphic elements on both the sleeves and shorts. To top it all off, the Archers LC helmets are donned with the team arrow logo.
Atlas LC
Including a bull as an announcement mascot that speaks to size, quality and speed, Atlas LC pullovers coordinate a geographical example to pay reverence to the group name. With infant blue and white as the base hues, the shorts are enhanced with a bull horn to highlight the group mascot. To complete the ensemble, Atlas LC helmets include a bullhorn from the group mascot and group moniker on the back.
Chaos LC
If you were caught in the middle of a swarm of scorpions, what do you think would take place?
Chaos!
That’s exactly where the uniform design idea for Chaos LC came from. With a scorpion logo on the arm, both Chaos outfits include a fight defensive layer design on the base, and the group name scribbled over the front. A scorpion is also featured on both sides of the helmet inside a blue shield, with the group name added to the back.
Chrome
Taking motivation from the hues and configuration patterns of the 1980s, Chrome LC’s white uniform consolidates a lattice like example of a retro computer game in light blue and pink, with the team name on the front in blue
The black uniform focuses more on the knights and their armour with a chain mail based pattern. The logo and Adidas branding feature pink coloring, and the helmet has wings on both sides.
Redwoods LC
Concentrating on the wild of the timberland, Redwoods LC will wear green as their dark jersey that features with three goliath trees shaped like vertical stripes. The team logo on the chest, a dark colored hold on for the team name over the front cut in yellow.
Their white jersey feature no green at all and looks similar to what a referee would wear. The three vertical stripes are maroon and are meant to be the tree trunks we see on the green uniform.
Whipsnakes LC
To imply the extremely quick and venomous strike of a snake, Whipsnakes LC shirts are tied down by a group peak that intently takes after the state of a coiled snake that makes a layout of a lacrosse head.
The home and away jerseys feature a graphic pattern similar to a snakeskin and are decked out with the Whipsnakes’ moniker on the lower back. The last strike for the Whipsnakes is the “WHIPS” moniker embellished onto their snakeskin designed helmet.
With new jerseys for sale on the market, the biggest question is whether those younger lacrosse fans will purchase tickets to watch the games.
