This Day in History: 2023-01-16

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BOBBY MOORE- FASHION ICON (1962)

Footballers weren’t considered to be fashionable until the 1960s when the England and West Ham captain Bobby Moore began to change that. Moore’s style has been described as mod-ish – he favoured sharp suits, polo necks and drainpipe trousers – and in 1962 the fashion bible Vogue took the unprecedented step of featuring Moore in a shoot alongside a group of models. Fashion photographers were always eager to work with him and Terry O’Neill took a renowned picture in the middle of Epping Forest of Moore in stylish attire with his wife Tina wearing an England shirt as a mini dress.

An older Moore shows off some of his fashion range. His growing celebrity status didn’t affect his form for West Ham.