AS Roma Announce Fendi Partnership
AS Roma have announced a new partnership with Italian fashion house FENDI, who will provide the team with an official off-pitch wardrobe for for the next two years.
Roma Announce Fendi Deal
In another move that demonstrates the ever increasing amalgamation of football and fashion, the partnership sees two Roman giants from different worlds come together while representing their city. The clothing created by FENDI will be worn by the players when travelling to matches both in Italy and abroad during the 22-23 and 23-24 seasons.
Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of menswear and accessories at FENDI, has designed casual and formal wear for the squad with FENDI's values of tradition and innovation in mind. An elegant dark blue is the principal colour, with Roma's colours of yellow and red of course also appearing. All materials used will be made in Italy.
Totti and De Rossi model the club's 12-13 range by Philipp Plein.
Roma previously had a similar deal with Swiss-German designer Philipp Plein, and will not be the first club to sign with a high fashion brand in the last few years. Some of their rivals have similar partnerships, such as Inter with Moncler, Juventus with Loro Piano and AC Milan with Harmont&Blaine. With the Italian reputation for style and being generally cool, it is quite fitting that these Serie A clubs have such agreements in place. Could English, German or Spanish clubs pull it off as well? Probably not.
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Nottingham Forest Women Wear Training Tops vs Southampton to Avoid Color Blindness Clash
In an unusual kit occurrence, Nottingham Forest Women took to the pitch wearing training tops instead of their official 26-27 away kit during their match against Southampton Women at St Mary's Stadium on Sunday. The late switch was implemented specifically to avoid color blindness visibility issues that would have arisen from a red-versus-green clash. Huge thanks to @david_g_cooper for the spot.
With Southampton wearing their traditional red-and-white home kit, Nottingham Forest's primary alternative option - their green 26-27 away shirt - posed a serious dilemma. Red and green kit pairings are strictly discouraged by governing bodies and accessibility guidelines because they become indistinguishable to individuals with red-green color vision deficiency, which affects roughly 8% of men and 0.5% of women.
Since Nottingham Forest's home shirt is also red, the club resorted to dark training gear with match numbers applied on the back to provide adequate contrast for players, referees, and spectators.
Forest could have worn their light blue kit, but apparently they did not bring it.
Dominik Szoboszlai Reveals Nike Air Max 95 'Liverpool'
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has officially debuted the upcoming Nike Air Max 95 'Liverpool', a special-edition release designed in partnership with JD Sports ahead of their annual 1.10 Day celebration. Deeply rooted in local street culture, where the model has long been nicknamed the '110' after its original UK retail price, the sneaker is packed with bespoke details paying tribute to Merseyside. The shoe features mismatched accents of dockland-inspired 'Rust Factor' orange alongside 'Steam' green referencing the city's Liver Birds, complemented by a reflective brick pattern, a River Mersey map printed across the insole, a custom 'Liverpool' tongue badge, and 'SCOUSE' lettering visible beneath the outsole.
