Carlton to wear new clash guernsey featuring heart-shaped football in AFLW next year
CARLTON has documented the historic first AFL Women’s season on an away strip that sure to turn heads in 2018 with superstar Darcy Vescio playing a key role.
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THE AFLW Blues will be taking a little piece of home with them on away trips this season.
Forward Darcy Vescio has helped design Carlton’s light blue away strip, which in 2018 will be covered in quotes, stories and symbols from the club’s inaugural season.
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There’s a football shaped as a heart, a shoelace that winds its way around the jumper featuring the season’s milestones as well as a picture of a small horse shoe, which represents the special charm injured midfielder Jess Hosking gave to her teammates on the eve of the first game.
Vescio said the idea came from the whole team, who wanted a jumper that captured the stories of a ground breaking season.
“I listened to a lot of videos to get quotes and things,” graphic designer Vescio said.
“We broke it up into different sections, the top half of the jumper is around feelings and heart.
“The stomach was more about game day and the game day nerves.
“The back is about the people who backed us in our inaugural year ... it’s sort of like taking a bit of home away with us.”
Artist Eliza Svikulis brought the jumper to life.
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