What if things were...
better? In the past fortnight alone, – taking with it the regressive Rwanda plan and a ban on onshore wind licences – while the English football team entered the final stages of the European Championships. There is a sense of optimism to life in the United Kingdom, where things are not good, but might (might) be improving. Hundreds of thousands of English people will experience a rare moment of national pride this weekend when England competes against Spain in the Euros, and hinted at a bank holiday should we win, which is not the kind of legislature that will protect the country against the far right or cost-of-living crisis, but.
.. it would be nice? Patriotism, of course, looks different on different groups of people.
Some football fans, for example, deploy jumbo-sized red flares in unholy ways – which is perhaps the most authentic expression of “ ” to have surfaced during the 2020 Euros – while others shop the #blokecore hashtag on Depop. (This might be the difference between being the kind of person who understands the offside rule and being the kind of person who does not.) A series of identifiable themes has emerged in the clothing choices of English spectators across the 2024 Euros, too, which has become as much a reason to as .
There are the aspirant WAGs in their clean-girl athleisure, home counties “lads” and their baby tee girlfriends, and then there are fashion people who typically do not care about football but might happen to own Martine Rose’s or Coperni’s or Conner Ives’s jerseys. Scroll down below for a piece-by-piece breakdown of those archetypes. (Just so you know who to look out for – or who to avoid – come Sunday’s final.
) The Press Ticket-Holder She doesn’t know a lot about football but she did get gifted a lipstick the other week and was among the first to wear ’s Nike Shox mules. So..
. who’s the real winner here? And is Jack Grealish going to be there? He’s the one with the legs, right? Love that for him! Shop the look The Aspirant Lad The wannabe Liam Gallagher to the Depop girlfriend’s Patsy Kensit. You’ll have seen describe him as “litty lengy” in 2022.
Ie, an adjective used to describe young men who upload OOTDs (scarf around the head, vintage Arsenal tops, Beyond Retro jeans, Adidas Sambas) to TikTok while waiting for the Tube. He split the G once but failed to record it. Will be “absolutely gutted” if England loses.
(And will get the players’ names wrong.) Shop the look The Depop Girlfriend She just loves being in the thick of it. TikToking it.
Instagramming it. The rush-ordered baby tee and painting a St George’s Cross on her cheeks of it. The Euros are just an excuse to have some drinks and feel a part of something, really? Refers to football as “the beautiful game” on her Instagram stories.
Is “so proud” of the boys. Shop the look The Aspirant WAG Impossibly poised and moves in silence with her extensions perfectly blow-dried into soft waves. Will repost photos of the players training from the official @england account on her Instagram stories without a caption.
is her girl crush. Shop the look.
