I think some of these are actually pretty cool. (Example: L.A. Kings 1995). Some others are kinda bad, but two stand out as totally egregious: the “throwback” uniforms worn by the Montreal Canadiens in 2009 (based on 1912-1913) and Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012 (based on 1933-1934). As the commercial used to say, “Yipes! Stripes.”
The Steelers uniform is obviously also a throwback to the first season of Saturday Night Live.
Really odd is the fact that the Canadiens couldn’t wear the barber pole uniforms when they played in Ottawa in 1912-1913 – because they were too similar to the home team’s outfits!
The Canadiens’ jersey is for sale online, but the jersey itself looks sensible enough when it is standing alone. It’s the candy cane pants that really make it awful,
My least favorite of last year was the 2025 Detroit Lions. They had some uniform combinations that looked really sharp, but they played other games in their jammies, looking exactly like a girls’ softball team.
Trying to imagine Beliveau or Lafleur in one of those striped monstrosities. As Kelly Bundy might say: “It wobbles the mind”.
Everybody loved those Nuggets and Astros jerseys. Author is out of touch.
I agree with you. Nothing wrong with either.
And the great Gretzky looks just as great as ever in that Kings uniform.
-A number of hockey clubs have uniforms that they occasionally use that are modelled on those they had in the 1920s and 1930s. They wear for historical re-creation purposes.. They are often kind of ugly, admittedly – they did not have style consultants back then – but I appreciate the effort to give fans a bit of history.
I have seen the Sens in their barber pole uniforms and I think that they are a bit nicer than the Canadiens’. But I agree that it would be confusing if they both wore them at the same time. 😀
As a Packers fan, their throwbacks are ATROCIOUS.
They couldn’t be more wrong about the Astros’ “Tequila Sunrise” uniforms. Those things are and were *amazing*.
Pajama pants marked the end of baseball fashion; both ugly and impractical