Football shirts in vogue for fashion victims

If you have had enough of the World Cup, fear not. Here I am, as always, to help you out. Or to sharpen your dress sense, at least.

During the week I reached out to Simon Doonan of Barneys in New York, who has brought out a book on footballer style, Soccer Style: The Magic and Madness, detailing the Psychedelic Ninjas and Hired Assassins of soccer fashion, of which more anon.

Why, Simon, are soccer players more fashionable than, say, rugby players?