How Denmark’s 1986 World Cup Shirt Became the World’s Best

Srijandeep Das

26th June 2018 | 11:04 PM

1986 was a prolific year for pop-culture: The Oprah Winfrey show aired on national tv, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns hit the newsstands, and Denmark launched the most futuristic kit in the world.
How Denmark's 1986 World Cup Shirt became the World's Best
Meet the best football shirt in the world. Art by Revant Dasgupta.

1986 was a peculiarly prolific year for pop-culture: The Oprah Winfrey show aired on national tv, Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns hit the newstands, Pet Shop Boys’ Let’s Make Lots of Money made platinum, Tupac Shakur played Mouse King in The Nutcracker, Studio Ghibli’s Luputa: Castle in the Sky revolutionised anime, G.I. Joe put the articulation back into action figures; and the World Cup in Mexico was about to debut the Mexican wave and some of the most outrageously optimistic sportswear in history.

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