[bc]EMPORIO ARMANI EYEWEAR AND WATCHES THE CHOICE OF THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM[/bc]
Giorgio Armani and football have a long and close association, based on his lifelong passion for the game. He loves every aspect of the sport, not least the way it crosses all barriers of communication and expresses universal emotions. This explains why he was the first to bring football and fashion together in a union that has been remarkably successful, providing outfits for the Italian national team, Piacenza, his home team and the England clubs, Newcastle United and Chelsea, as well as individual wardrobes for stars like Ronaldo, Luis Figo Christian Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro. From the middle of June this year he has also assumed responsibility for the official wardrobe of the England team: a formal suit with a light woollen overcoat, a casual outfit with navy blue cashmere cardigan jacket and a tailored double-breasted overcoat with eight buttons. The whole ensemble is complemented by Emporio Armani eyewear and watches, due to reach the stores very shortly.

The glasses are softly styled in a wraparound look, with metal frames in a mask shape, identified by the eagle logo both at the front (in an attractive silkscreen effect, visible on the lens when backlit) and on the metal sidepiece, featuring plastic terminals that match the colour of the lenses. The colours are unexpected and striking, from gunmetal grey to coppery gold, from ruthenium to matt black. The English national squad has selected rhodium for the frame colour with silver mirror lenses. Glasses are for sale on September onwards