| The latest football news might seem to be rather | | | | mere mortals. Admittedly football players are, |
| strange to fans of the beautiful game. They | | | | generally speaking, extremely gifted at what they |
| perhaps might think they have mixed up Football | | | | do and deserve the love of their fans, but does |
| Focus with Gok's Fashion Fix but no no...it has | | | | this really warrant their pedestal being quite so |
| been announced that Chelsea, the football team | | | | high? It seems that football is becoming less |
| not the place, has partnered with the Italian | | | | about the game, and perhaps more about the |
| designers Dolce and Gabbana. A seemingly | | | | wealth that comes with is. However, this aside, |
| strange collaboration; a more realistic one perhaps | | | | Chelsea are currently Premier League Champions |
| would be the place and the designers teaming up, | | | | and so maybe, just maybe, they deserve custom |
| with each house receiving bespoke luxury Italian | | | | suits and a new stadium area. |
| furniture, or a range of honeymoon clothes | | | | Dolce and Gabbana will also be re-designing the |
| especially designed for Chelsea Mezvinsky née | | | | club directors' lounge in the West Stand at |
| Clinton. However, the fact that the soccer-loving | | | | Stamford Bridge, as well as the club's main office |
| duo are already partnered with A.C. Milan seems | | | | reception area. The pair have impeccable taste |
| to suggest this is a growing passion for them, and | | | | and will no doubt be kitting the lounge with the |
| Chelsea are the next club on their hit list. | | | | most contemporary and luxury furniture, befitting |
| The Italian designers are world famous, but are | | | | the Chelsea champions. In keeping with the teams |
| perhaps best known for their sharp men's tailoring | | | | blue theme the lounge will have blue furniture and |
| and Southern Italian style. This more than | | | | walls details, with oak floors and gold and silver |
| warrants them to design the official suits for the | | | | accents. The pair said in a statement that |
| Chelsea team over the next three seasons, | | | | ‘We are big football fans, for us it means |
| bringing a touch of Italian chic to British football. No | | | | healthy competition, intense passion and great |
| longer will it be a sport associated with beer bellies | | | | discipline,' so it is no surprise they have taken this |
| and loud coloured polyester shirts, but one that | | | | fashion partnership on. The style deal means we |
| will conjure up images of dapper suits, exquisite | | | | can expect to see the team out on the town in |
| footwear and over-styled hair. The football | | | | exclusive, dark blue, three-piece suits, with |
| industry is already a multi-billion pound affair with | | | | matching shirts and ties, as the contract includes |
| players paid extraordinary amounts, yet it is no | | | | formal and casual wear for all players, coaches, |
| surprise that someone has found another way to | | | | management and male staff. |
| increase the divide between footballers and us | | | | |