Not content with a mere four kits to choose from this season, reigning UEFA Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain have gone ahead and expanded their wardrobe even further with the addition of a special-edition fifth kit for 2025-26.
The latest offering from the club’s ongoing collaboration with the Jordan brand, PSG say that their new shirt is inspired by the hustle and bustle of Parisian nightlife and particularly the shimmering lights that illuminate the city after dark.
The kit, which has been named the “Night Edition” jersey, begins with an inky black base which has been festooned in swirls and ripples of colours that resemble car taillights, neon signs and street lights while the logos come with a silver foil effect.
The inspiration for the unusual design was taken from the nocturnal vistas afforded from the Place du Trocadero, the tourist hotspot which offers panoramic views of the Eiffel Tower from across the River Seine.
Indeed, the graphics are based on timelapse footage taken at the Trocadero using a high-tech 360-degree camera, which was then digitally distorted to create the moody, abstract smears of light that reflect the energy of Paris by night. Très chic.
As has become customary, the PSG x Jordan shirt is the centerpiece to a wider range of matching streetwear and apparel that includes track tops and pants, t-shirts, baseball caps and even a wrap-around skirt.
There is no word yet on whether PSG will be wearing their new kit when they host Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie on Wednesday evening, but it would be a fitting occasion to debut a jersey inspired by the Parisian night.
The “Night Edition” is the 15th distinct Jordan-badged kit offering from the reigning European champions’ association with the U.S. basketball brand, since it first began in 2018-29. Here’s a selection of the very finest/weirdest designs they have concocted in that time.
2020-21 third kit
Included for mere shock value, this shirt was a truly horrendous melange of neon pink and “psychic purple” that somehow looked even more ghastly in broad daylight than it did in the launch imagery.
2024-25 third kit
Entirely more palatable were the muted pink tones used to create the “La Vie en Rose” kit, which was presented as a tribute to iconic French singer Edith Piaf and her signature ballad.
2021-22 home
The was the first and so far only appearance of the Jordan branding on PSG’s home kit, with the Jumpman silhouette replacing the familiar Nike swoosh on the chest. However, the real piece de resistance were the matching shorts, which were modelled with oversized side panels to imitate the look of basketball shorts.
2023-24 fourth
Inspired by the elephant hide print that Jordan have used on their basketball sneakers since the late 1980s, this jersey was a vision in burnished gold and quirky camo-style graphics.
2023-24 fourth
Understated and extremely cool, this kit came in slinky black with tonal logos and saw PSG’s emblematic red Hechter stripe reimagined in full French tricolore. Beautiful.
