15-04-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Umbro 100: Exhibition looks at sports clothing’s cultural impact

Down a goods delivery ramp and past the bins is an unexpected location for an exhibition about football shirts — but that’s what you can find underneath a Marylebone building at the moment.The exhibition marks the centenary of the British sportswear brand Umbro, which was founded in 1924 by brothers Harold and Wallace Humphreys. The company’s name is a portmanteau of um, from Humphreys, and bro, from brothers.
However, it’s not entirely a look back at the history of the c
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