What’s the umbro sweater
oh this has brought me so much joy, buckle up it's story time.
right so the year is 2020, the pandemic is at its peak and we haven't really seen louis in a really long time. and of course, goes without saying that we hadn't seen harry or louis interact in a long time either. and then one fine day in july, eleanor blesses us with this photo of louis and clifford
and if i remember correctly, it was in black and white. anyways this is the colourised version and then it was identified that louis is wearing a unique, hard to find, vintage 90s Umbro shirt. which makes sense because we've seen louis wear umbro multiple times. and so the fandom rejoiced seeing a glimpse of louis.
now, cut to september and even though the harry drought wasn't as bad, we just knew he was in LA at the time the world went into lockdown. and so in september, a fan runs into harry and gets a picture with him and uploads it
and instantly, the fandom realised that harry was wearing a unique, hard to find, vintage 90s umbro shirt. when he has never previously worn umbro, nor has he worn one since. and because it was actually not a common shirt or even something that was easily available, it was obvious that harry was indeed wearing louis' umbro shirt.
it was a really good time in the fandom and i remember people made edits and comic strips and fanart and wrote fics and it was even more of a fun time because in the year of 2020 when the world had stopped, we sort of got to see them being their regular, petty, lovely self.
who had harry bringing back the umbro shirt in 2023 on their bingo card
