Coveting again: Tailored by Umbro Drill Tops

Oh dear, I'm at it again. A day after posting about football shirts I am back posting about another piece of sportswear I fancy getting my hands on.

Below is the England drill top I spotted the substitutes wearing while warming the bench during the World Cup qualifier against Croatia. Lovely. I have found that they also produce a variation on the design for Manchester City. I could happily wear either.

The new England drill top

The Manchester City drill top

Check it out in action - oh yeah!

Trainer Greed

This is a pair of Nike Dunks I designed using Nike's ID service. I only brought a (off the shelf) pair a couple of months back and there is no way I can really justify having two pairs at once, but, I'm seriously considering investing in the above.

Fictional Fashion

Every so often I visualise a piece of clothing that I would love to own. These pieces will sometimes be a concept picked from a dark recess at the back of my mind and in many cases my imagination is unmatched by what retailers have actually deigned to make available for me to purchase.

Sometimes, these covertous impulses are fired by descriptions from works of literature such as Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History'. Early in the novel the protagonist Richard Papen, realising in a panic that the weather is too warm to wear his best jacket to lunch with a new friend, Bunny, who he is keen to impress borrows a replacement from his disliked dorm neighbour Judy Poovey.

Extract from 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt