Polo wear
Technological materials and search for style
The boost is always the passion in the polo world; the passion for the game, for horses, for the life-style, or as for Alberto Fasciani, the passion for his job.
Manufacturer of footwear for horse-riding, very appreciated in the horse world – sixty per cent of the two hundred top Italian horsemen uses its riding boots -, approached polo only few years ago, stimulated by the willingness to discover a very particular and unique reality.
In this sport, in fact, the materials have peculiar characteristics: besides being comfortable and elegant and from allowing freedom of movement, they also have to protect from the contact with opponents, with the sticks and with the ball, that can reach a 180km/h speed.
The boots, usually in leather brown and with frontal zip – facilitating their removal in case of incidents -, are thought to offer, besides comfort and protection, also a good stability on the saddle.
The knee-pads, in various styles and sizes, are also made of leather and padded and, although they repair the articulation, must not interfere with the contact between horseman and horse.
The helmets are present in various models and colours. Since head injuries are the most frequent in equestrian sports – as well as the most dangerous -, must be not only light but also able to absorb the shock of possible impacts. The eyes are protected by shockproof glasses conceived, with the lenses resistant to the impact with the ball and the structure to that with the stick, moving up to 40 km/h. Besides the glasses, one can also choose to wear a protective steel mask, installed on the helmet.
Together with the classic and very elegant white trousers and to the tops carrying the team’s name, these items constitute the polo players’ outfit.
Besides the technical characteristics, however, in a world made of trend-setter, elegance and style gain even more importance. This sport is, in fact, practised by people who demand the most; people who go on holidays on the most exclusive locations, who drive luxury cars, who wear clothes by the best designers and who, even on the field, choose materials that reflect their image.
It is exactly this union between technical and aesthetic qualities is the winning card for Alberto Fasciani, who find in this reality a new challenge: the challenge to enter an environment with its own rules and in which the password is fashion statement. “My experiences with polo, to the time being, are definitely excellent – says Fasciani enthusiastically -; although I am familiar with the horse riding world, this is one if its very interesting varieties, that stimulates me to find innovative solutions to offer to my clients products that fulfil their expectation”.
Thus, even for a brand like Alberto Fasciani, polo really seems to be a passport to the world, as defined by Winston Chirchill; a world reserved to few, aspired to by many and never trivial.
Allegra Nasi
Accessories, Clothing, Horseback Riding, Polo, Sport,
Tags: Alberto Fasciani, exclusive holiday locations, luxury cars, polo sport, trend-setter
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