Rapha + Paul Smith Black Jersey

It seems as though Rapha has teamed up with Paul Smith once again to design what looks like a really cool jersey. This one is inspired by the Giro d'Italia and features all the clever detailing that i've come to expect from them, my favorite being the reflective polka-dot pattern printed on the back. Get the full scoop here.

"The Tour de France has the Lanterne Rouge, an honour awarded for the last man across the line. The Giro d’Italia also has such a prize, called the Maglia Nera, the Black Jersey awarded to the rider who has suffered immensely just to finish. Organisers have recently started awarding the Maglia Nera again at the race; now presented as a unique dossard or race number with a white number on a black background. The number 81 on the jersey relates to Luigi Malabrocca, who won the maglia twice in 1946 and ’47. Naturally, Rapha and Sir Paul Smith’s love of the Giro d’Italia brought the idea for such a jersey about."