Skirt, heels… The looks that football star Jules Koundé sports always cause a lot of reaction. However, the athlete is only adopting a style that has become commonplace in fashion.
When Jules Koundé gets people talking, it’s not always for his athletic prowess on a football field. It must be said that the Bleuet player for FC Barcelona plays another sport: arousing the hatred of sexists and homophobes. How? By simply wearing the outfits he likes to wear.
When he arrives at Clairefontaine to indulge in the usual training sessions, the famous defender does not hesitate to display the most stylish side of his wardrobe. Namely? Heels, last June – more precisely, heeled cowboy boots. And this week, a magnificent dress by the British designer Simone Rocha, with high ankle boots on his feet. And we don’t necessarily expect it in 2024, but it causes a lot of reaction. Some consider his outfit to be “too feminine” and make it known… By getting closer to a Jean-Marie Bigard sketch than the Larousse dictionary.
It didn’t fail. Under the publication of the widely followed Vibes Foot account, we can read some unfortunately predictable poetic outings: ““Fuck you”, “Does he see himself as a man or a woman?”, “Soon he’ll show up in a thong“… Comments that are far from being the majority but which, unfortunately, say a lot.
Explosive looks whose reactions are a reminder, if need be, of the trivialization of homophobia in football.
“Golmon”, “He’s not alone in his head”, “Dose”, “What’s that?“,…
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