The Sergio Tacchini New Young Line Track Top is Back!

Whether it's 1984 or 2024, classic sportswear styles like the Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top look just as great as they did nearly 40 years ago.

1984 saw the likes of Freddy Mercury sporting a pair of adidas Country trainers in Beverly Hills Cop. Kyle Reese laced up a pair of Nike Vandals in one of the opening scenes of the Terminator & even the Karate Kid wore a pair Nike Cortez trainers. The point we're making is 1984 was where sportswear really started to make its mark on pop culture, whether it was featuring in films about cyborg assassins sent back from the future or sportswear clad pop icons like Wham. 1984 marked the pinnacle of casual sportswear and Italian designers like Sergio Tacchini were at the very forefront of the new wave of designer sportswear style. Styles like the Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top really showcased what 1984 was all about from a sportswear perspective. Above: The Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top in white/blue now available from 80s Casual Classics. Not only did the Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top mark the pinnacle of John McEnroe's highly profiled tennis career, but it also pretty much summed up Tacchini's vision of "designer sportswear". Even the catalogue models modelling it looked cool as fuck wearing the New Young Line with their wedge haircuts, sunbed suntans & Nike Wimbledon's on feet. If you were a young Casual in 1984, you wanted the New Young Line, it was as simple as that. The New Young Line also really optimised what Tacchini was all about in the 1980s. Elitist 'Made in Italy' tennis gear that looked so fresh you wouldn't think twice about spending a weeks wages on it. Above: The Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top in navy/red now available from 80s Casual Classics. The New Young Line was an original style as worn by the American tennis legend John McEnroe, which came off the back of the Young Line from the early 1980s. The Young Line was made famous with McEnroe's famous "You Cannot Be Serious" tantrum at Wimbledon in 1981 & was a popular polo shirt style worn by the aggy American. Also available in track top form, like many of the classic Sergio stuff from the era, the New Young Line first came on the scene in 1984 and featured a complete block design running across the shoulders & chest. The track top version also featured removable sleeves which added a whole new dimension. The pastel yellows & navy's which contrasted against the crisp white of the New Young Line gave it a unique elitist look and everyone wanted a piece of it. Above: The Sergio Tacchini New Young Line track top in gardenia/green now available from 80s Casual Classics. Now available in a selection of new & OG colourways, the New Young Line track top returns to its spiritual home. The latest version sees the removal of the zip off sleeves for an updated fit whilst still maintaining the true OG aesthetic of the John McEnroe & Pat Cash tennis style from the 1980s. Featuring the signature colour block design to the shoulders & embroidered ST branding to the chest, the New Young Line is a must have piece for the serious retro sportswear fans. Shop the classic Tacchini style now from 80s Casual Classics via the links.