Friday
Nov222013
0644: Turn Ahead the Freak Out
In the 2038-39 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs will take the ice wearing this jersey by Matthew Henderson. Or not. What do I know?
Designed by 
Matthew Henderson
Matthew Henderson 
Reader Comments (7)
WTF?? That's beyond freaky.
He forgot the Nike swoosh.
I assume it's no coincidence, but I instantly thought of the "Turn Ahead the Clock" promotion by the MLB in 1999, which consisted of some games where teams wore extremely futuristic and "freaky" jerseys. Like, extremely freaky. Like, Wild Wing and Burger King freaky, but even worse than that. It even changed the name placement (which I am very sure would go against the MLB's uniform rules), I mean look at this! I see this concept has shades of that factor. In addition, the 2000 and 2001 NHL All-Star games, the World team's jerseys had the same treatment, as seen here. But hey, those jerseys themselves were their own kind of "freaky".
But back to MLB, here are other examples of the rather interesting jerseys. And, I like a little craziness now and again, but this is just flat out wild. I would love to have some of these in my wardrobe. Plus, they're collectible since they, understandable, failed the first year they were used.
Anywho, this concept is a great tribute to all things in freaky uniform design, like it or not. (Great as in it does its job well, not great in quality; albeit I still like it) I'm going to make this clear, I would totally dig a "Turn Ahead the Clock"-esque program in the NHL, where all teams' designers go nuts and produce something like this, even more crazy than Wild Wing and Burger King. Maybe just for a few games, as a "fourth" alternate (or just an alternate for teams that don't have one). It might fail like MLB's version, but I'd still love to see it happen. We should have more "TAtC"-like concepts on here on FoF; with things like this that go as far as to even violate the NHL's uniform rules. That's what FoF is about right? It's about going all out!
These are horrible
They won't be able to wear this in 2039 as the helmet does not have a visor!
This is the most freaked out I have ever been. Bravo!
This is so wrong I love it!
Send this to the daycare at Reebok Head Office, aka their creative team. If you make the blue metallic or give the white a chrome gradient, this can go to production for next year's stadium series! Have the Leafs take on the Bruins, in something resembling the Sabres third (redone in metallic brown and gold of course).