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Why Brazil vs. Croatia is also a battle of iconic kits and deeper meaning

DOHA, Qatar -- It is a meeting of titans and, really, the clash of the World Cup quarterfinals, a game where flickers of grace and beauty, of originality and style, will make it impossible to ever look away. No, we're not talking about England vs. France on Saturday. We're talking about something far bigger...

... Brazil's jersey against Croatia's jersey.

"We're living in an era of homogenized kits," says John Devlin, a uniform expert and author of the book, "True Colours," which explores the history of soccer jersey design.