Roger Federer has scored many style points over the course of his career.
Brown delivers, but the chocolate-and-cream Uniqlo apparel Federer sports in his Roland Garros return has prompted some fashionistas to question if Fed Ex was paying homage to UPS deliverymen with his latest look.
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Asked about his apparel in a funny exchange following his second-round Roland Garros sweep of 144th-ranked German Oscar Otte, Federer delivered the inspirational source for his apparel.
It's not UPS, said the 37-year-old Swiss, but a nod to vintage 1970s style and his desire to wear brown for the first time in a major that served as inspirations for the outfit.
"I can tell you (UPS) were not the inspiration for this outfit, and it was more trying to go back in time a little bit to the '70s, you know, and haven't worn brown ever and cream," Federer said. "And I thought it would be a nice look, Uniqlo thought the same. When we saw it, we all liked it. I like it."
Here's the full-exchange from Federer's second-round presser.
Q. I was wondering, firstly, what your thoughts are on the design, and secondly, have you ever been a brand ambassador for an international courier, because when you are on the courts, you always deliver?
ROGER FEDERER: Nicely said. (Laughter.)
I can tell you they were not the inspiration for this outfit, and it was more trying to go back in time a little bit to the '70s, you know, and haven't worn brown ever and cream. And I thought it would be a nice look, Uniqlo thought the same. When we saw it, we all liked it. I like it.
I know these kind of colors always stir a debate. You could always go safe and do blue with stripes in Paris and say, like, Okay, French people like blue and white and stripes. It's always going to work, you know. But we did it many times before in the past, and, yeah, so we thought brown would be the way to go. Old-school stripes. Maybe more vintage looking.
I haven't gone back a whole lot in my career, you know, back to the '70s and '80s, to be honest, to look for inspiration. But I like it. I feel comfortable in it. Thanks for the question
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