{"id":24585,"date":"2024-07-26T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/?p=24585"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:46:19","slug":"sport-parisienne-great-moments-of-fashion-and-sports-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/sport-parisienne-great-moments-of-fashion-and-sports-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Parisienne: Great moments of fashion and sports in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paris, long known as the fashion capital, has a strong connection to sports. Sport and fashion, when considered together, have had some of their most memorable moments in Paris.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fashion, sport, Paris<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Considered the “father of the new Olympism”, Pierre Fredy de Coubertin was born in Paris and, although some of his ideas about sport were influenced by a movement developing in the United Kingdom, the Games always had Paris as one of his favorite places. The Games first left Greece in 1900 for Paris, which served as host again 24 years later. Paris, along with London (and beginning in 2028, Los Angeles), are the only venues to have hosted three Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris’ relationship with fashion, which some attribute to Louis XIV, the Sun King’s taste for elegance, has evolved with names such as Marie-Antoinette, the creation of luxury as we know it today with Worth and Patou, and the establishment of the Haute Couture label. The establishment of Paris as a world fashion capital, just at the time when sport was taking on a new meaning, facilitated the relationship between the two; Jean Patou designed for his haute couture house while creating uniforms for tennis star Suzanne Lenglen, inaugurating a trend that would be followed by Elsa Schiaparelli (who created a special skirt for another tennis player, Lil\u00ed \u00c1lvarez), Emilio Pucci (who became an Olympian in 1932) and Ottavio Missoni, who devised his brand during London 1948, where he participated in the 400-meter hurdles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the relationship between fashion, sport and Paris, we analyze some of the moments that have defined a style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian style in Paris 1924<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Duke Kahanamoku competed in his final Olympic Games in Paris in 1924. He had already competed in 1912 and 1920 as a swimmer and waterpolo player, and in 1924 he finished second in the 100 m freestyle behind Johnny Weissm\u00fcller (later known as Tarzan’s interpreter). Duke is a member of the Swimming Hall of Fame, but his most significant impact was in surfing. Born in Honolulu, he popularised surfing first in the United States and then around the world. In addition to surfing, he exported a style that “The Big Kahuna” knew how to capitalise on, with his own line of Hawaiian shirts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ren\u00e9 Lacoste and the birth of polo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ren\u00e9 Lacoste<\/a> was one of the best tennis players in French history, but referring to him solely as a tennis player overlooks many of his significant influences. Take fashion, for example. We owe him the creation of the pique polo shirt and the brand embroidery on the chest. Ren\u00e9 Lacoste invented the polo shirt, which established a new style in modern clothing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French fashion and the tracksuit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Few garments have such a precise birth date as the tracksuit. In 1894, Delaux-Chatel was commissioned to design thick woollen garments similar to those worn by Parisian greengrocers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1960s, adidas<\/a> recognised the potential of a new material, nylon, and created a new garment designed to serve as a warm-up uniform. Unexpectedly, the tracksuit became popular as one of the first pieces of leisure wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSG, a fashion ally since its birth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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PSG may be one of the football teams most closely associated with fashion brands like Born X Rised, BAPE, Jordan<\/a>, Hublot, and Dior. Not coincidentally, one of its founders was the Franco-Belgian designer Daniel Hechter, who created the team’s iconic image based on the Ajax uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catsuit Serena Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Serena Williams, a tennis player, was still having circulation issues a few months after giving birth to her daughter in 2018. To address the issue, Nike<\/a> created a dress inspired by Black Panther that favoured venous return, which was promptly banned by the Roland Garros tournament’s organisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France Predator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The French national team had a long history of style, but in 1998, Zidane took it a step further by winning the World Cup in an adidas<\/a> Predator Accelerator. The red-tipped boots, also worn by Beckham and Del Piero, became associated with France’s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports-inspired garments, evolutions of patterns created in Paris and much more, available in a “Sport Parisienne<\/a>” selection at FOOTDISTRICT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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