The eight-time Wimbledon champion has announced his retirement from tennis – but his fashion sense will be missed as much as his athletic prowess
, who is creative director at Uniqlo’s research and development centre in Paris; and he has certain edicts . Comfort is his number one priority, closely followed by flair.Separately, Federer has a footwear deal with the Swiss brand On, with his line rather amusingly – to British audiences at least – called The Roger Collection. His signature shoe,, which began life with a 3D scan of his own foot, sold out when it launched last year.
He has become an astute analyst of his personal style past, and that of his sport in general. He recognises, for instance, the long-gone days of the looser fit, and now actively embraces a sleeker silhouette on the court, telling GQ magazine: “You want to think you’re big and buff. Now [players] look stronger and slimmer.”
Federer with Anna Wintour and the late André Leon Talley, far left, at an Óscar de la Renta show in 2017.for the modern sports star. But Federer refuses to be harsh on his younger self about the pony-tail era: “Everything was part of an evolutionary process. Do I regret having long hair? No, I’m happy I had it and I’m happy I got rid of it again!”
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