Your designs on Roger and Rafa
Our Prince of Persia costume design competition was a scream, let’s do it again!
This time let’s mess with the outfits of two of our favorite guys, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Rafa and Roger at the Madrid Open final last year. Photo from The Tennis Times.
The French Open is on, and we’re hoping for a Roger-Rafa final so we can throw a party on finals night. But I have one problem with men’s tennis, and I’ve been bringing it up for years: the shorts are too long. I grew up in the Borg-McEnroe era, when the players basically wore hot pants. Today’s on-court outfits for men are generally blah—not just the shorts, but the shirts.
Roger looks great in regular clothes and his Wimbledon ensembles are interesting even if sportswriters hate them. But the playing attire is not distinguished enough for the player recognized as the greatest ever.
The humongous biceps erase any complaint you might have about Rafa’s short-sleeved shirts, but those capri pants have to go. (And he needs a proper tailor for his suits.)
Save them from their boring outfits.
You know where this is leading, right? Design on-court attire worthy of the two greatest players of our time. Email your designs to urban.matthias@gmail.com. The deadline: 5 June 2010, the day before the men’s final. The prize is…a surprise!
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May 28th, 2010 at 06:01
Why do I get the feeling that there will be a fabulous Lady Gaga-style outfit for either one of them? (Was it because I watched Glee this week?)
Do not get me started on the Venus Williams-style skin tone shorts, either.