The Fashion of Football is a groundbreaking work that examines the link between soccer and fashion. Featuring a selection of rare photographs, the book divides itself into a work of two halves—the first depicting how fashion has influenced the players, and the second showing how it has been represented in the stands. We begin in 1962, when restrictions limiting earnings from professional soccer were lifted and players started to focus on looking good. We visit George Best's boutique in Manchester, try on the Terry Venables' wig, and reveal how the 1970s Chelsea team used flamboyant King's Road boutiques to gain the upper hand in psychological battles with fierce rivals Leeds. We then move on to the '80s to consider the influence British black footballers brought to bear on fashion, leaving room to mention the hairdressers and the mullet. Finally, in the '90s, we're confronted with Liverpool FC in white suits and David Beckham in a skirt.
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Paolo Hewitt is also author of The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology, The Soul Stylists, Alan McGee and the Story of Creation Records and The Looked After Kid. Mark Baxter is a former shop and club owner with a love of '60s clothing and Millwall Football Club.
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Great book!,
This review is from: The Fashion of Football: From Best to Beckham, From Mod to Label Slave (Hardcover)
If you love Football, and like looking the business when going to the Football and ever wondered where all the terrace fashions came from, then you will love this book.
A really interesting read with some classic pictures.
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The Fashion of Football, George Best, Bobby Moore, World Cup, Savile Row, West Ham, Carnaby Street, Stone Island, Ben Sherman, Terry O'Neill, Mike Summerbee, Alan Hudson, Tribe Called Dressed, Kings Road, The Beatles, Steve Perryman, Dougie Hayward, East End, South London, Take Six, Ivy Shop, The Wolverhampton Wanderer, Fred Perry, Denis Law, White Hart Lane Browse Sample Pages:
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The Fashion of Football, George Best, Bobby Moore, World Cup, Savile Row, West Ham, Carnaby Street, Stone Island, Ben Sherman, Terry O'Neill, Mike Summerbee, Alan Hudson, Tribe Called Dressed, Kings Road, The Beatles, Steve Perryman, Dougie Hayward, East End, South London, Take Six, Ivy Shop, The Wolverhampton Wanderer, Fred Perry, Denis Law, White Hart Lane Browse Sample Pages:
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