Abbey days: Clancy sports the rather nifty England
design
We thought the WAGs were banned for the World Cup? It
would appear not.
England boss Fabio Capello wants all distractions removed for
the forthcoming tournament in South Africa - but when they look
this good, we'd rather they were there.
As the big tournament approaches, Umbro has designed
shirts to celebrate each of the seven nations who have become world
champions.
And with a stroke of genius they have asked the likes of Peter
Crouch's fiancee Abbey Clancy and an array of other lovelies to
model the gear ahead of the launch.
Tidy kit: Representing Italy is Alice Bregoli
(left), the girlfriend of Alberto Gilardino, while Uruguay is
modelled by Diego Forlan's wife Zaira Nara
And as you can see they're all absolute dazzlers - we're
talking about the shirts, of course..
Each kit has a redesigned national badge, which Umbro tell us
have been designed by 'mixture of graffiti artists,
cartoonists, tattoo designers, record label owners' and blah, blah,
blah.
Getting shirty: Gael Clichy's wife Charlene Suric
(left) shows off the France design, while Luli Fernandez -
girlfriend of Pablo Mouche - wears the Argentina kit
The launch of the kits mirrors a promotion Umbro lead way back
in the 60s - but we reckon the current crop of shirts and models
will stand the test of time.
The stunning shots of the World Champions Collection were taken
by Rankin who said: 'The girls in the campaign all look stunning
and they were a pleasure to work with. I’m extremely pleased with
the results.'
We couldn't agree more.
