The "football" shoulder line is her trademark whether on a bolero jacket or a crisp white blouse worn over a stiff skirt. Inspired by the black and white ball, she is known for her billowing dresses with puffed sleeves made of a patchwork of hexagons and pentagons using sheer and matt silk. She was reported to have found the pentagon and hexagon motifs on a football as "mystical". So much so that she dedicated her last spring collection to the event. The dress (photo) designed by a local Thai designer will hit the catwalks in early June in Bangkok, where brides-to-be can buy it for a cool 50,000 baht ($ 1,168).Īnother designer who is making waves with her football creations is South Korean Ji Haye, who is excited about her country hosting the World Cup. One of them is an eye-catching French silk gown featuring a head-dress in the shape of a football above a traditional veil in the shape of a net and a black-and-white motif embroidered across the bodice. While high fashion heavyweights such as Prada, Nina Ricci and Luis Vuitton are all dabbling in luxurious soccer merchandise, several unusual soccer-inspired motifs have created a splash. In fact thousands of women all over the world have already begun enjoying the month-long tournament as soccer-inspired fashion and merchandise on the world’s catwalks and in boutiques lure them to loosen their purse strings.įootball is cool, trendy and it’s made an explosion in the unlikely world of haute couture.
That may very well be the case this month as football fever reaches a feverish pitch.īut that doesn’t mean that women miss out on the fun, while their male counterparts drool over the ball being kicked around in Seoul and Tokyo to the exclusion of everything else. Think soccer and the image that springs to mind is of frenzied, predominantly male fans rooting for their favourite teams.
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