Scotland's away kit: 'A rare occasion, unknown since Beckham's glory days'

Scotland launched their new away kit on Wednesday, a lurid yellow, pink and white hooped number described by the Scotttish FA as "a fun, modern interpretation of one of Scotland's most iconic jerseys" and described by everyone else as the football shirt equivalent of a packet of Refreshers. Or a Fruit Salad. Or a Zoom lolly. Or some rhubarb and custard sweets. Or a selection of pear drops. Or a fitting tribute to beloved 1980s puppet character Pob.

It may not be quite in the league of Athletic Bilbao blobs in 2004 or La Hoya Lorca's sprout-infested effort of last season but, as the midfielder Scott Brown put it, "It will certainly make us stand out from the crowd."

So then we turned to Guardian column and fashion guru Hadley Freeman for the definitive assessment of the Tartan Army's new threads. "Here we have one of those rare occasions, unknown since the glory days of Beckham, when a fashion moment in football will get more approval from the fashion world than, I strongly suspect, the football one. "Fluro" - the fashion shorthand for fluorescence, try to keep up with the lingo here - is not an especially major trend this summer, at least not in menswear, but that makes the Scotland team's decision to embrace it that much more impressive (quick fashion lesson: following trends is cool, not following them is even cooler.)

"Admittedly, to some untrained eyes, this kit might make the Scotland team resemble an 80s boyband, or possibly S Club 7 in their earliest outings. But to those wearing their fashion goggles, this looks like a delightful, if admittedly unexpected, homage to Marc Jacobs menswear. The hotpink piping around the neckline is especially daring (fashion speak for bizarre and therefore amazing) and the gap between the pink and first yellow stripe is just at nipple height, amping up the camp element to the look. I fully expect the edgiest of male fashion bloggers to be wearing the Scotland kit in the front row of Paris fashion week by tomorrow."