World Cup Corner

The Fashion of Football, by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter, is a bible for the fashion conscious football fan.

The clothes may well “market the man” - but when worn by a world-famous footballer they also make front-page news. As fans will always follow every haircut and style statement made by footballing fashion icons like David Beckham.

The book starts in 1962, when wage restrictions were lifted, the players had to spend their big wages somewhere so they started looking more and more flamboyant. From then on it was a natural progression, from Best to Beckham. Featuring rare photographs, the book tells how fashion has influenced the players and, more amusingly, how it has been represented in the stands.

Full of entertaining interviews and amusing anecdotes, is more three piece suit than Full Monty, with the pictures of Terry O’Neill and a riveting chat ewith Dexy’s Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland among many highlights.

The Fashion of Football documents the rise of the fashionable footballer, and the many influential street fashions that have dominated the terraces over the years.