Brazil’s World Cup has seen plenty of spectacular entertainment but when it comes to style, there has been little to get excited about. TV presenters have a history of dressing shoddily, but the BBC and ITV panels have really outdone themselves over the past two weeks. A number of fashion foul-ups were committed by both teams, so, in the interest of self-improvement we thought we’d take a look at where it all went wrong.
FERDINAND’S ORANGE TIE, , David Beckham aside, footballers aren’t known for being anywhere close to well-dressed. While he clearly made an effort for BBC’s coverage of the final, Rio Ferdinand loses major style points for donning a damn-near fluorescent orange tie. Black tailoring is tricky to pull off too, and his double-breasted suit didn’t make the grade. As half of Twitter was kind enough to point out, Rio looked like an EasyJet flight attendant, which is never a compliment.
WRIGHT’S SHIRT, , We have nothing against the short-sleeved nature of Ian Wright’s shirt here, but the collar is a travesty. Getting menswear right is all about the taking care of details and it’s the small things like this can ruin an outfit. The collar is a micro-club, contrasting cutaway collar and it looks about as ridiculous as it sounds. Keep it simple, gentlemen.
SHEARER’S MATCHING ACCESSORIES, , Your tie should never match your pocket square. Like Alan here, it’ll look generic and as though you’re trying too hard as opposed to the idiosyncratic flourish you were hoping for. Shearer’s choice of a shock purple colour makes his foul even worse.
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