The final of Wimbledon and the Euros both take place this weekend. But forget who is going to emerge victorious sporting-wise for a moment. What about the style champions? Here’s how tennis and football fashion score in 2024.
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While their style is somewhat hampered by the fact they all have to wear the same kit, footballers have amped up fashion connections recently. Jude Bellingham was recently the face of Kim Kardashian’s Skims while the French player Eduardo Camavinga was in a Balenciaga couture show in 2022.
Elsewhere, fashion points have been earned by players getting happy with the hair dye. The Romanian defender Andrei Ratiu went for blue while Germany’s Robert Andrich had an eye-catching – distracting? – pink crop.
The players at the tennis tournament are hamstrung by the all-white dress code – a rule that has been in place since the late 19th century – but contestants have still managed to make a statement. Naomi Osaka’s ruffled top and wide skirt was a fashionable surprise.
Coco Gauff’s cut-out dress could easily have been worn off the court, especially with Tenniscore, the TikTok trend amped by tennis film Challengers, taking off. And then there’s Wimbledon’s fashion champion – Jannik Sinner, a face of Gucci since last year.