The permanent collection — plus this season's live anomalies at the end.
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Prior to the 1992/93 Serie A season, Italian club Fiorentina and manufacturer Lotto released an away kit featuring an abstract, purple geometric pattern across the shoulders. The design was well-received until observers noticed that the overlapping geometric lines formed a series of swastikas. For a club seeking to distance itself from historic fascist associations, the discovery was a major public relations crisis. Fiorentina had already worn the kit in away fixtures against four Serie A rivals before the club and Lotto pulled it from production, replacing it with a plain white design. Despite the controversy, the shirt has become a highly sought-after item among football kit collectors — a rare example of a design so offensive it had to be banned after release, yet so distinctive it became a cult artifact.
