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Time to put on your ‘game day’ face as Tommy Hilfiger has released its autumn/winter 2015 collection celebrating American football sportswear fused with a varsity aesthetic. This classic brand heads into its 30th year by ‘tailgating’ on American football with a modern twist just in time for ‘back to school’.
“American football has always been one of my favourite sports and for autumn 2015, we look to the iconic game for inspiration in our collection,” said Tommy Hilfiger.
The iconic brand has always been grouped as ‘Americana’ and the collections have ‘patriotic’ written all over it with the good-old ‘red, white and blue’ theme.
This time the palette used ochre pigment shades in yellow, gold, brown, sienna, bordeaux and navy with a faded brilliance that mirrored the ‘nostalgia’ filter in Instagram. The pieces were warm and inviting with a confident spirit that was both punchy and playful.
During one of the latest A/W fashion shows in the Park Avenue Armory, New York, models barrelled out of the locker room to catwalk down a white yard-line on a brightly lit football stadium while A-listers looked on.
They rocked faux fur stadium sweaters, silky baseball jackets, wool cashmere ponchos, coloured leather and various athletic striped numbers.
Americana was at its best with several looks in bouclé plaid and many items were decorated in old school football paraphernalia. Model Gigi Hadid sported a plaid-lined leather stadium poncho and football-lace boots that are all totally potential closet pieces.
Hilfiger was very creative in this line and even used lacing from an American football as detail on V-neck sweater dresses, a ‘touchdown’ in the eyes of all fashionistas.
“As we commemorate our milestone 30th anniversary, we capture all the eclectic details of game day fashion – from athletic stripes to metallic touches and collegiate insignia, all reinvented with our trademark twist that’s irreverent and cool.”
In the kingdom, Tommy Hilfiger is located in City Centre Bahrain.
