The life and style of Djibril Cisse is well-documented, as is his dedication to changing from one ridiculous hairstyle to another, not to mention his incredible ability to break his own legs. He's not bad for scoring goals either, if you don't mind them appearing as infrequently as Radiohead in the USA.
What you may not know about him is that he is rather fond of fashion, and owns a clothing shop, and being the brave, exclusive-sniffing journalists that they are, the Daily Mail sent a flack down to his shop to get a Cisse makeover.
As you'd expect, the results are absolutely ridiculous.
The Mail isn't exactly the newspaper of the hip-hop loving, youthful demographic, but they managed to cover the exuberance of "the young people's clothes" without being too snarky or frightened in their special "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!!!!" kind of way. That's what they do, being the wonderful social conservatives that they are.
Peep the before and after
Of course, Cisse still does it in his own special way: the Sunderland striker's store is in Newcastle, and while he leaves day-to-day operations to his staff, he does pop in several times a week to catch up.
Said the striker:
"It is to show the way I see clothes and fashion to the people. It is a different style but it is what I like and my advice to people would be to just come and look, see if they see something. If they don't... (shoulder shrug)...
The boutique is something I've had planned for a while. I come in after training for a few hours if I can, have a mooch around, help out a bit and go back home. We have items here you will not find anywhere else. The idea is exclusivity and something different. If there was one word for it, it is different."
Aye Djibril, it certainly is different, mate.
You wonder whether the store will go out of business once those Geordies that can read figure out that the The Pr9ject on Forth Street is his.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Turning Cisse
Friday, December 5, 2008
Christmas Ideas
Need gift ideas for the special lady (or guy in some cases) in your life this Christmas season?
UF has you covered, well, not covered because you have to buy it yourself.
German accessory manufacturer Abteil has designed a soccer fashion handbag. Just wait until Cheryl Cole has one her arm but only after your special someone has the purse. It will make her (him?) forever grateful.
But, it is kinda steep for a purse made out of an old soccer ball with some plastic handles. It appears to be retailing for about $160. Not too mention, they probably paid some Indonesian child $0.75 to make the bag.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Cup Qualifiers: Open Thread
It's an international week and you know what that means? MLS doesn't take a break like nearly every other major soccer league in the world. MLS squads, already thin, get even thinner if they have any national teamers on the squad.
That, however, is of no concern to this man to the right who is of the "less is more" opinion. At least when clothes are concerned. Thankfully, Wemberley fans won't have to deal with those sweet mankinis during the England-Kazakhstan qualifier. Authorities will arrest all fans sporting the Borat costume at Wembley.
After the jump, some select World Cup qualifier matches and some MLS matches. Play in the comment sandbox.
10:00 ET Scotland-Norway
12:15 ET England-Kazakhstan
14:00 ET Sweden-Portugal
14:15 ET Bulgaria-Italy
14:15 ET Luxembourg-Israel
14:30 ET Poland-Czech Republic
14:30 ET Greece-Moldova
14:40 ET Romania-France
14:45 ET Germany-Russia
20:00 ET Kansas City-New England
20:30 ET Dallas-Toronto FC
22:00 ET San Jose Biguses - Chivas USA
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