Cruyff steps on someone’s shoe
Meeting the Flying Tulip
He is one of the greatest football players of history and today, besides being a coach, he has his own shoes collection.
We met Johan Cruyff, the Flying Tulip, winner of three Golden Balls and head of the Cruyff Classics, maison on the crest of the wave that few weeks ago presented the new collection to Pitti Immagine Uomo.
Is there a football player of the Italian Championship to whom you would dedicate your shoes?
Faas Wilkes played in Inter Milan since 1949 to 1952, a time when the team always got close to winning the title of Italian Champion. Among the current ones, let’s see, who knows?
Is it easier to win a Golden Ball or to be successful in fashion?
I will be very honest by saying that I am not really a fashion man. There is an entire team of professionals behind the Cruyff Classics collections. All I do is to associate my name to the shoes and, sometimes, I give some advice: I want shoes to express quality as the Cruyff Sports did in the 1980s. To have a shoe named after you and to achieve the Golden Ball are two very different things, both very good and of great satisfaction.
What does fashion represent for you?
Quality, style and talent.
Do you think that in the future there will be room to diversify the production of Cruyff Classics?
Yes! In this moment there is an ongoing collaboration with the Foundation cruyff to realize a shoes whose proceeds will be devoted to the Cruyff Courts, an association aimed at creating football pitches for children.
Is there a champion of the past that you would like to have as associate? Who, why?
More than one…too complicated to name one. I am afraid to offend someone.
Football for Cruyff is…
Fun, elegance and technique, but especially intelligence.
Francesca Zottola
Clothing, Men, Men Collection, Shoes And Bags,
Tags: Cruyff Classics, Cruyff Sports, Faas Wilkes, Flying Tulip, football players, Golden Balls, Johan Cruyff, Pitti Immagine Uomo, shoes collection
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