50 glam designer footballs for Super Bowl 50
50 footballs for Super Bowl 50: Football and fashion came together to create 50 eye-catching bespoke footballs, in this collaboration between the NFL and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), for Super Bowl 50. Top designers, including Betsey Johnson, Kenneth Cole, Prabal Gurung and Rachel Roy, created one-of-a-kind 'fashion art' on football canvasses which are up for auction on the NFL's site through Feb. 14, 2016. Proceeds will go to the NFL Foundation, to help support youth football as well as health and safety efforts across the country such as Heads Up Football.
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This football creation designed by Nicole Miller was inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead.
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Designed by Whitney Pozgay, Whit
"Victory is sweet" is the theme for this cellophane and enamel covered football.
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Designed by Stacey Bendet, Alice & Olivia
This creation is made of Swarovski Crystals.
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Designed by Betsey Johnson
Having been a cheerleader at Syracuse University, Johnson combined her love for football and her greater love of cheerleading.
It took over 30 hours with a thousand gold rosettes, gold, red, and black paint, vintage mannequin hands, name plate, and wood for the base to create.
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Designed by Daniel Silberman & Justin Salguero, Illesteva
Inspired by the late, great Vince Lombardi, this design utilizes Illesteva glasses, Trench Coat and a fedora.
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Designed by Billy Reid
This football made of Louisiana wild alligator has includes a ribbon stripe design woven thru many signature pieces in the designer's collection.
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Designed by Kenneth Cole
A literal foot was added to the football for this gold metallic leather design with a KC men's Double Header sneaker included.
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Designed by Mark McNairy
Using sharpie markers McNairy made this design inspired be his 1980 Maserati 4porte.
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Designed by Rebecca Minkoff
Sport meets Punk with this metal spiked football.
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Designed by Raan & Shea Parton, Apolis
The name Apolis means Global Citizen so this was the inspiration for the football design laid out as a world map.
Tattoo needles were used for the initial outline of the map and then filled with black, white and gold acrylic paints.
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Designed by Carlos Campos
This took inspiration from the designer's Fall 2015 Collection featuring abstract, linear faces on an updated version of the bomber jacket.
It took a full week from planning to hand-stitched closure.
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Designed by Edie Parker & Brett Heyman
The inspiration here was "anything Joe Namath would carry," using acrylic and patent leather printed with the designer's signature confetti.
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Designed by Clare Vivier, Clare V.
This is a riff on one of the designer's bestsellers, the foldover clutch with a signature stripe down the middle.
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Designed by Carly Cushnie & Michelle Ochs, Cushnie Et Ochs
The football is covered in gold mirrored fractured plexiglass pieces and took three days to make.
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Designed by Danielle Snyder & Jodie Snyder Morel, Dannijo
This football is accessorized with oxidized silver chains and Swarovski Crystals.
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Designed by David Hart
Hart's design using architects grass, electronic football players and props, metallic paper, spray paint, metallic paint was inspired by electric football games from the 1970s.
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Designed by Eva Zuckerman, Eva Fehren
The designer utilized the classic art technique of gold leafing, contrasting it with the matte black finish in an unexpected way that is refined but still tough and modern.
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Designed by Tadashi Shoji
using embroidered tulle, glass beads, grommets, leather laces and vinyl, this football pays homage to Tadashi's heritage and is a celebration of Japan in the springtime.
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Designed by Gigi Burris, Gigi Burris Millinery
A sparkling chic evening veil meets the football field for a glamorous golden anniversary, using Swarovski crystal elements and French millinery veiling.
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Designed by Irene Neuwirth
The designers says, "I wanted it to look like a piece of jewelry, outrageously oversized and over the top!" of her creation using precious and semi-precious stones.
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Designed by Jennifer Meyer
This design involves use of custom dyed pink leather and gold plated hardware to put a feminine twist on a typically masculine item according to Meyer.
Since the NFL logo includes stars, Meyer included them as an accent for luck.
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Designed by Kendra Scott
This natural stone embellished football features a hand crafted gilded mesh of golds and iridescent elements and took 40 hours to create.
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Designed by Michael Andrew Saiger, Miansai
With leather, nautical rope and 14k Gold & Silver, the designer incorporates a true Miansai aesthetic.
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Designed by Sam & Libby Edelman
Leather, chain, beads, metallic thread adorn this creation.
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Designed by Lisa Perry
Perry incorporated the brand's love of primary colors, color blocking and artist collaborations in the design of this football.
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Designed by Georgina Chapman & Keren Craig, Marchesa
Gold leaf paint, gold metallic threaded lace, Marchesa signature Byzantine antique gold chains, Crystal Dorado and Black Diamond crystals help show off signature Marchesa materials and artwork.
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Designed by Melissa Joy Manning
This crystal NFL football is comprised of 17,500 Swarovski crystals... approximately.
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Designed by Michael Bastian
This terry cloth covered football with custom gold embroidery took 1.5 months. Bastian's intention was to create something unexpected, but still connected to the game.
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Designed by Liya Kebede, Lemlem
Traditional handwoven cotton fabric from Ethiopia adorns this footbal.
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Designed by Alex, Matthew & Samantha Orley, Orley
This is a hand-knitted football using a Japanese metallic blend mohair silk yarn.
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Designed by Ariel & Shimon Ovadia, Ovadia & Sons
Hand applied Swarovski crystals took one month to apply to this football.
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Designed by Paul Andrew
Andrew applied Italian hand-made Specchio & Spazzolato Flowers to this football.
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Designed by Prabal Gurung
Approximately 400 Jet 4 mm Swarovski Lochrosen Rhinestones were involved in this design.
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Designed by Rachel Zoe
This football is fully adorned with Swarovski crystals in Light Colorado Topaz, Crystal and Jet.
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Designed by Rachel Roy
Roy created a hand crafted, hand painted football that is both classic yet refined -- paying tribute to the history of the game and the 50th Super Bowl by hand painting the logo.
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Designed by Marcus Wainwright & David Neville, Rag & Bone
Black leather football with gold plated brass cage.
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Desinged by Robert Geller
In explaining his creation, Geller said "American football is such a tough sport and the uniform represents this kind of armor that I thought these Metal plates really work for this project."
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Designed by Richard Labertson & John Truex, Shinola
American tanned calf was used for the outside of the football bag as well as the lining. The graphics were applied by hand by one.
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Designed by Siki Im
Using plastic bricks and glue, the designer produced a football inspired by brutalist architecture, Star Wars and memories from childhood.
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Designed by Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Fisher Jewelry
This football is coated black with an automotive lacquer paint with one of Fisher's classic chain designs (Brass Plated 14k Yellow Gold) attached to the ball's laces. To incorporate the designer's charm necklace collection, three charms - the Jennifer Fisher logo, Super Bowl 50 logo, and the Golden Gate Bridge - all Brass Plated 14K Yellow Gold and Silver Rhodium hang from the lace chain.
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Designed by Daniel Corrigan & Jake Sargent, Simon Miller
Miller replicated a vintage football with a modern aesthetic using French leather braided.
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Designed by Erin Beatty & Max Osterweis, Suno
Masai Seed beads were repurposed from Masai Jewelry.
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Designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof, Tiffany & Co
The designer's favorite team is the New York Giants. This footbal was handcrafted by silversmiths in Cumberland, RI. Features include hand engraved text and ornamentation. Each of its custom fit vermeil laces is the shape of an X for the Roman numeral, 10. Together the 5 X's commemorate Super Bowl 50.
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Designed by Tanya Taylor
The concept of a football left overnight in the end zone which decided to bloom was the concept behind this golden football with hand-cut multicolored leather flowers covering the surface. At the center of each of the flowers are the past 49 Super Bowl logos.
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Designed by Tim Coppens
This football was created with a leftover duffle bag.
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Designed by Todd Snyder
Khaki chino with leather trimmed opening helped make something classic for Snyder.
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Designed by Veronica Beard Miele Beard & Veronica Swanson Beard, Veronica Beard
The designers used their signature Ivory Cable-Knit Wool and custom patches.
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Designed by Louise Camuto, Vince Camuto
This football is made of rose gold crocodile embossed leather.
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Designed by Sanglim Lee
The title of this football is Golden Continent.The designer used active animal silhouettes to represent the players' movement.
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Designed by Cynthia Sakai, Vita Fede
Sakai was inspired to make a sexy, feminine football using sleek and reflective details. The materials included brass and 24k Plated gold,.