Rafael Nadal

[fashionandstyle1]

Yay Rafa!!

Fernando Gonzalez took silver, Djokovic took bronze

atptennis.com

 

[songbirdsel]

Thank you for the pictures
I didnt realise he was that tall!! I thought that he was really short for some reason!

 

[Style-Addict]

Congratulations Rafa!!! Whooo!!!

I missed the match- I took a Benadryl for my allergies and didnt read the package. I've never taken it before and didn't realize it would make me that sleepy. I feel asleep with the tv on and missed rafa's entire match. *tear, tear*

I'm going to check the NBC Olympics website and see if it's available to watch.

 

[newrave]

Congratulations Rafa...!! Spain is proud of you

 

[robertocavalli]

Wow, his muscles.

 

[miu_miu]

Another way in which ripped, raffish Rafael Nadal and his cardigan-wearing Swiss rival aren’t anything alike.

By Ben Williams Published Aug 17, 2008

Photo: Nigel Parry

Take your time. It’s okay. That photo of Rafael Nadal on the back cover of this magazine is undeniably … what’s a polite way to put it? Arresting. The mussed locks curled just so above the shoulders. The biceps curved like a particularly ripe aubergine. The shadows playing across the deeply grooved abs. All demand extended scrutiny.

When you’re done, ask yourself this: Would Roger Federer ever pose for a photo like that?

Federer and Nadal, in many ways, are perfect foils. All-court finesse versus baseline power, fluid grace versus relentless will, Swiss precision versus Majorcan passion. And that opposition extends to their sense of style. Even if you’ve never watched a minute of their epic matches, a single glance at, say, the photo of them posing at net before the Wimbledon 2008 final would tell you all you needed to know. Federer wears a herringbone-patterned cashmere cardigan, emblazoned with a royal RF logo, and loose white shorts; Nadal is in a sporty sleeveless Nike-emblazoned top and shorts so long they’re practically Capris.

Male tennis fashion has mostly been conservative, built on frequent returns to the preppy classicism of Lacoste and Perry. Federer, who has an interest in high fashion—Anna Wintour famously attends his matches, features him in shoots, and throws parties for him—has flirted with that tradition like no player before. (At previous years’ Wimbledons, he has arrived at Centre Court in a white blazer.) So it’s perhaps appropriate that the year in which Nadal finally conquered him—the Spanish player assumed the No. 1 ranking last week—was also the year in which Federer’s look tipped over into full-blown prissy self-parody.

Nadal has made a point of saying “I don’t have anything to do with the design” of his clothes. Yet he’s managed to create what might be the most original look in men’s tennis history: sleeveless tees, shin-length pants, and bandannas tied with a cheeky flourish. Most tennis style revolutions have happened in the women’s game, from Gussy Moran’s lace-trimmed panties to Serena Williams’s skintight catsuit (see the time line here). Precedents for peacocking are pretty much limited to Björn Borg—known for his body-hugging outfits, headbands, and, for the time, prominent logo display—and Andre Agassi, who turned denim shorts, blond highlights, and garish color choices into a marketing tour de force.

And now here’s Nadal. His has been called a “pirate” look, but the interesting thing about Nadal’s style is that it’s so feminine—a thinner, less physical player could not pull off those clothes. Maybe that’s why he’s been greeted with the kind of moral outrage—“Abominable!” “Infernal!”—usually reserved for the latest female player to show too much skin. Debate over the pants in particular, and Nadal’s habit of reaching back to loosen them between points, has trespassed on the familiar terrain of comfort versus sex appeal. Are they too tight? Is it one of his many elaborate on-court rituals (Nadal’s own explanation)? Or are his butt muscles just too big?

Men’s tennis has always been a modest, gentlemanly affair, its sex appeal limited to handsome faces and wolf-whistles during between-game shirt changes. Not so with Nadal. Not only is he more muscular than any player before him, he’s also more willing to be ogled. Which brings us back to those photos.

So I think the article is ok, good publicity before the US Open but this and the photos don't really do anything for me...Rafa knows his obligations and he performs them very well, he's a very good representative for tennis and the ATP...but I think he would definitely rather be talking about tennis, this doesnt show the best of him (but yeah, he looks great )

source | nymagazine.com & MissMagAddict for posting in the magazine thread.

 

[larien]

^Yea,those photos are...

 

[jacybabi]

why does he bite his medals and trophies?

 

[songbirdsel]

jesus christ those pictures are ridiculous!!!!!

 

[fashionandstyle1]

why does he bite his medals and trophies?

i dont know why but he always does that...its his little tradition or something

 

[humor]

^ he once said that he did it one time and that it became his trade mark.

 

[stersita]

well, Rafa is in semis and will play Murray next anyway I had to post this pic

menstennisforums

they're so similar!

 

[larien]

I think we need more photos

Rafael Nadal from Spain (1) during his quarterfinal match against Mardy Fish of the US at the US Open tennis tournament on September 3, 2008 at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City.

gettyimages

 

[larien]

gettyimages

 

[jacybabi]

well, Rafa is in semis and will play Murray next anyway I had to post this pic


menstennisforums

they're so similar!

Is that his brother? that is so creepy, they look exactly alike

 

[fashionandstyle1]

^ No, it's not his brother, its just a ball boy. But thats funny they do look alike!

 

[jacybabi]

THAT CANNOT JUST BE A BALL BOY. he must be related to him somehow. they look like twins

 

[kriszti.md]

i'm kind of happy that the match is delayed, he seemed too tired and he would have lost the game imo

 

[humor]

At the begining I just saw the ball boy and I thought it was an old picture of Rafa when he was young...

I love Rafa, I really do. ..he´s soooo gorgeous. Love his hands. He moves them in a very strange way. his hands, and everything else, of course.

 

[miu_miu]

Rafa has a new job!

Nadal Tapped for Lanvin Scents
by MATTHEW W. EVANS
Posted WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 01, 2008
From WWD ISSUE 10/01/2008


The beauty industry’s love of tennis continues.

With the signing of Rafael Nadal to be spokesman for Lanvin fragrances, Inter Parfums SA, the French fashion house’s licensee, is the latest fragrance marketer to score a tennis star.

In announcing the international pact on Tuesday, Paris-based Inter Parfums SA said Nadal, 22, will front a new line of fragrances slated to be launched next summer called Lanvin L’Homme Sport.

Nadal joins fellow players Serena and Venus Williams, Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick off the court and in beauty and fragrance games.

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