Guardiola is the first football manager to rock Our Legacy on the pitch But in Man City - Real Madrid, there was also room for Dior and Louis Vuitton
Reading the subtitle, it almost feels strange to think that this is about a football match. And yet, Manchester City - Real Madrid was also this, in addition to being an incredibly exciting second-leg Round of 16 that ended in a draw, qualifying the Blancos for the Champions League quarterfinals. The clash between the two clubs was, in fact, full of fashion moments, for which it is really hard to find precedents: from Dior and Louis Vuitton to C.P. Company, but above all Our Legacy.
Pep Guardiola in Our Legacy
Starting with Our Legacy, which made its debut on a bench—and effectively on the grass of a football pitch—thanks to Pep Guardiola: the Spanish coach had already worn the shirt (available on the brand’s website under the name Borrowed Shirt) at a press conference months earlier, but only for the home game against Real Madrid did he choose to wear it on the pitch. It is a simple flannel check shirt that, in terms of silhouette—particularly the length of the tail—strongly recalls the stylistic hallmarks of the Scandinavian brand, characterized by highly codified design features.
By bringing Our Legacy onto a football pitch, Pep Guardiola once again confirms himself as a true fashion icon: we had seen him for years as a standard-bearer for brands like Rick Owens or Stone Island (also adhering to the #nobadge community “movement”), but we would hardly have expected to see him wearing a piece from a Scandinavian brand. This also demonstrates the growing fame of a former niche brand like Our Legacy, recently acquired by LVMH, which is increasingly expanding its audience—and in this case, we assume that Pep obtained this shirt either through a store or a multibrand website, or by encountering it directly in a physical or online store of the brand.
Kylian Mbappé’s Dior Bag
Just a few minutes at the end for the Frenchman returning from injury, who nevertheless made a lasting impression upon arriving at the Etihad. The global ambassador of Dior arrived at the City stadium with a very special bag: part of the tote bag line designed by Dior’s creative director, Jonathan Anderson, inspired by both fiction and non-fiction novels. The one chosen by Kylian Mbappé features a graphic referencing Truman Capote’s work, In Cold Blood: yes, we can officially declare that we will no longer see the Frenchman wearing a Birkin bag.
The Formalwear: Louis Vuitton and C.P. Company
No surprises here: we know that with Louis Vuitton and C.P. Company you can always play it safe. Yet, on this occasion, only one of the two introduced new pieces in its line. Real, with LV, opted for a nylon field jacket, along with turtleneck and French-collar sweaters already seen on other occasions. As for the English club, this time it did not feature C.P. Company, showing up at the stadium instead in a simple PUMA sweatshirt. Even in this case, all eyes were on Pep Guardiola, who layered an Our Legacy shirt under a military green nylon bomber.
