Kappa's four seasons with AC Milan How the Turin brand has dressed the best AC Milan of all time

The glorious history of the Rossoneri is also the daughter of an aesthetic that has always accompanied the Milanese Devils. To make the red and black vertical stripes so iconic, AC Milan has relied on eight different technical sponsors from 1899 to today: Linea Milan, NR, Rolly Go, Gianni Rivera, Kappa, adidas, PUMA and Lotto are the brands that have contributed to the creation of a style that today is recognizable at all latitudes and longitudes and which unites 95 million fans all over the world. The historical eras of AC Milan are often associated with shirts that have entered the collective imagination of the fans as sacred relics and Patta has just revived one of these, reworking the away version of the 1988-89 season with Kappa.

Kappa was the kit supplier of the Rossoneri from 1986 to 1990, aesthetically accompanying the AC Milan of the Dutch, Arrigo Sacchi, the young Paolo Maldini and a back-to-back in the Champions League which is still considered one of the highest moments of the long AC Milan history. The Turin-based brand arrives as a technical sponsor after two turbulent years with Rolly Go and Gianni Rivera, however, collecting the innovations made by unknown brands such as those to follow. The 86-87 season is a moment of transition and reconstruction for AC Milan after a couple of years definitely under par. Kappa's debut at San Siro is not positive (Ascoli will win 0-1), but the summer signing session will bring talents such as Roberto Donadoni and Daniele Massaro to AC Milan who will join players like Baresi, Tassotti and the English duo Wilkins-Hateley.

The story between Kappa and AC Milan lasted only four seasons, but it lasted over the years to push Patta - a brand that venerates and honors the heritage of the most iconic football shirts - to revive a piece of the Rossoneri's aesthetic history. In those years, Milan took home six titles (two Champions League, one Scudetto, one Intercontinental Cup, two Super Cups, one European and one Italian) opening one of the most incredible football and stylistic eras of all time. It will always be remembered as Sacchi's Milan, as the Milan of the three Dutchmen but it will also be Kappa's Milan - also thanks to Patta.