Jude took some time to develop a passion for football. During his neighborhood Saturday morning football practices, he preferred to play tag, but at age 7, he caught the bug and started his academy career with Birmingham City Football Club, where he stayed for 10 years.
Jude Bellingham was an 11-year-old Birmingham boy who had just begun secondary school the previous term and was relishing the last few days of his Christmas break in January 2015. Like other young people his age, he enjoyed Caribbean food and Batman, and he also wanted to hang out with his pals.
He also adored football: “All day, every day, any opportunity I could get to play football, I was playing; break time, lunchtime at school, and then I’d leave school, come home, and then play outside with my friends for a bit on the little plot of grass… so it was basically just football all the time,” he recalls.
The Gucci menswear show in January 2015 signaled Alessandro Michele’s promotion to Creative Director of the fashion house. Michele, a Roman who has worked for the company for 13 years and is well-versed in its history, assumed leadership of Gucci with a clear goal in mind. The Love Parade collection he designed for this spring/summer wonderfully embodies his now well-known concept of Romantic eclecticism, which surely sparked people’s need for individuality and character in clothing.
Unquestionably, this strategy has drawn in a young audience that is eager to find ways to celebrate innovation and its unique identity. Jude Bellingham belongs to that generation as well. one who has a strong conviction in self-expression. The football player says, “I always try to be genuine. “My interviews may have already gotten me into trouble a few times this season, but I always feel like it’s just me talking; it’s never my ‘brand’ or how I think I should speak in terms of what other people think. Therefore, whether it is on the field, in my behavior off the field, or both, it is always me. I just try to be myself since I know that I’m a respectful person.
