A brief history of soccer on the catwalk From Bikkembergs to Miu Miu's latest show

With the show of Miu Miu's SS21 collection held yesterday, the long (and often stormy) relationship between the world of soccer and that of fashion has touched a new, very high note. Seeing the footwear of the collection, it was impossible not to think back to the sneakers that Dirk Bikkembergs had created in the early 2000s for his show Sport Couture. Between these two events almost twenty years apart, the whole story of the football-fashion trend straddling 2017 and 2018 passed through the streetwear trend and quickly reused not only by various fashion houses as a reference or random quote but also protagonist of collaborations of the level such as that between Virgil Abloh, Kim Jones and Nike that produced capsules respectively named Football Mon Amour and Football Reimagined.

For this reason, nss magazine decided to draw a short timeline of the most important moments when the world of football and that of the catwalks entered into dialogue.

Dirk Bikkembergs Sport Couture

Miu Miu's most recent collection was inspired by the world of sport and, specifically, the spectacular language of sportswear and the decorations of the so-called event clothing. The shape of the jerseys, the linear fit and the bold color blocking were all elements borrowed from the world of sportswear - a type of reference balanced by the feminine and sophisticated aesthetic that is also the brand's stylistic signature. The most remarkable alchemy, however, was in the footwear field that mixed the classic silhouette of the football shoe with high heels - that ugly chic balance for which Miuccia Prada has rightly become famous.