Drip Golazos : Souler's Soccer Star Fashion Pieces Edit 1
Soccer & Fashion are born from the same ideology. The "Beautiful Game" and actual beauty & fashion are two peas in the same pod. They both, at their core, exist to "play beautifully." Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know the first thing about either. One could actually argue that "football fashion" is it's own subculture, while others would tell you that they're not even necessarily separate.
OG Football stars wear no helmets like their American football counterparts. The ballers are on full display for 90 plus minutes several times a week. Hairstyles range from the well-groomed (think the iconic Cristiano Ronaldo side part fade) to the, well, Balotelli.
The biggest luxury houses in Europe frequently use soccer stars as lookbook fodder and brand characters to push their narratives.
Again, it's the same thing.
Here at SOULER we're fans of both worlds. We understand one without the other is just, well, less of a golazo.
Here are 5 global superstars in dope pieces. You may not be able to ball like Neymar, but you can drip in the same hoodie.
Maluma's girlfriend not included.
Hector Bellerin : Arsenal (Club) Spain (National) : Fini
Spanish wingback Hector Bellerin has replaced whatever athlete you think is the best dressed athlete. He was named the creative director for VOLTA this fall, and the amount of style blogs dedicated to his street outfits is actually way more than the number of wins his club Arsenal has this year.
Memphis Depay : Lyon (Club) Holland (National) : Kollar
Memphis Depay has had quite a run of form lately. Since leaving Manchester United he has blossomed into a roaring maniac leading the attack all over Europe for club and country. He's also a rapper and not the "Shaq-athlete-turnt-rapper" kind, the dude takes his music as seriously as he takes poaching goals. Plus the dude got the faucet dripping every time he leaves the crib, organically creating a following for his post-game outfits in France.
Mesut Özil : Arsenal (Club) Germany (National) : Beautiful Struggles
Whether or not the outspoken midfield magician remains at North London super club Arsenal remains to be seen. At the same time, it doesn't matter. He's a supporter of former USMNT baller Danny Williams line Beautiful Struggles.
Neymar : Paris St. Germain (Club) Brazil (National) : PUMA x Jahnkoy
Oh Neymar. Love him or hate him, the cat is exciting. He dates models, he does God-level ball tricks on the pitch when he doesn't even need to, and he sits front row of every Fashion Week there is. The poster boy for all that is right, and wrong, with the sport is always in the latest everything and his Instagram account is singlehanded responsible for global streetwear trends. In typical controversia-de Neymar fashion, he left sponsor Nike after 15 years and now he's a member of the PUMA Football family.
Crystal Dunn : Portland Thorns (Club) USA (National) : Beautiful Struggles
Crystal Dunn is fucking dope. End of. She was one of the faces of Nike's epic "Until We All Win" campaign, has won Women's World Cup trophies and is an outspoken voice for the voiceless off the pitch. The hard tackling ball of energy has succeeded at everything off and on the pitch. Up the Lady Yanks.