Arsenal’s Premier League title win increased global visibility of the club’s shirts, with celebrities wearing them. Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York and an Arsenal supporter, wore a bespoke kurta made from the team’s 2025-26 away kit to attend Eid al-Adha prayers in the Bronx. Photos of the kurta circulated widely and drew divisive responses online, with some commenters praising the blend of football fandom and faith while others reacted negatively. The kurta was supplied by Jason Andrew, a founder of Brooklyn Invincibles, an Arsenal supporters club in Fort Greene. Andrew had only five days to complete the garment amid a shortage of shirts after the title win, and expected it to sell out as fans sought memorabilia.
"Andrew had just five days to make the item a deadline exacerbated by a shortage of shirts after the title win. It's going to be sold out because every fan who was on the fence about buying one this season is going to grab a piece of memorabilia, he said. Having sourced the shirts through his connections, Andrew then dispatched them to his longtime ta"
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