James Bond in sneakers: what chips make Rigobera Song a fashion icon

James Bond in sneakers: what chips make Rigobera Song a fashion icon

If coaching doesn’t work out for the soccer legend, there is a brilliant alternative – to become a stylist.

African Rigobert Song doesn’t have much coaching experience. He came to the World Cup in this capacity for the first time. Moreover, he took the post recently – on March 1, 2022. Rigobert received an offer from the president of Cameroon.

Maybe he didn’t want to… Maybe he was thinking of changing his life abruptly… After all, the direction was obvious. Remember how in 2010 he dyed his hair and beard white? Instantly he became not only a soccer icon, but also a fashion icon.

Rigobert Song

He was 34 then. Now he’s 46. And today, Mr. Song is the coach of the Cameroon national team. Bold experiments are a thing of the past. They have been replaced by good old classics. But the eccentric Cameroonian never ceases to amaze. Now everyone admires his talent to create bold fashion mixes.

Rigobert Song masterfully mixes classics and sports. Strict black suit combines with sneakers and a baseball cap. He chooses accessories so that at the press conference everyone is just googling their brands. If Rigobert gets into the frame completely, the shoes are analyzed in detail. All the hallmarks of becoming a fashion icon are there.

Rigobert Song

What tricks does he use? The main principle is to combine the incongruous. It started with the same white hair. It didn’t look organic. That’s why it was memorable. With age, the secret ingredient – taste – was added to the epatage.

Realizing that some elements of the image can be dissonant, he comes up with reasons to reconcile them. For example, color. The black suit, sneakers and baseball cap continue to argue in style, but to the outsider looking in, their differences are not so obvious. That’s because they have something in common.

Rigobert Song

All in all, if anything, Rigobert Song always has the prospect of becoming not only a soccer legend, but also a fashion legend.