{"id":24186,"date":"2014-02-02T20:43:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T01:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24186"},"modified":"2014-02-02T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T02:25:24","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-super-bowl-broadway-joe-namath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-super-bowl-broadway-joe-namath\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the Super Bowl: Broadway Joe Namath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally watch the Super Bowl for the fashion (I watch it for the ads), so I was pleasantly surprised to see 70-year-old football legend Joe Namath defying the relatively warm New Jersey temperatures in a hooded fur coat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24188\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/eye-on-football\/24428093\/joe-namath-swagging-out-on-super-bowl-sidelines-in-fur-coat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24188\" class=\" wp-image-24188 \" alt=\"Joe_Namath_Fur_Coat_Super_Bowl_XLVIII_Sidelines_Pictures_Video\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Joe_Namath_Fur_Coat_Super_Bowl_XLVIII_Sidelines_Pictures_Video.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Joe_Namath_Fur_Coat_Super_Bowl_XLVIII_Sidelines_Pictures_Video.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Joe_Namath_Fur_Coat_Super_Bowl_XLVIII_Sidelines_Pictures_Video-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe&#8217;s coat brings all the girls to the yard. Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During halftime, brand-new Grammy winner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/index.ssf\/2014\/02\/bruno_mars_super_bowl_halftime.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars wore gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24202\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoMarsUS\/status\/430156863330471936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24202\" class=\" wp-image-24202\" alt=\"bruno\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bruno.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bruno.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bruno-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Twitter. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/entertainment\/super-bowl\/super-bowl-xlviii-halftime-show-commercials-celebrities-1.6929937\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers bared skin<\/a> and looked AMAZING, both 51 and aging disgracefully &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/spartacus-madonna-aging-disgracefully-and-yolo-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">just the way I like it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9nFMRcuZhQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But Joe had all the pimptastic swag, even as <a href=\"http:\/\/msn.foxsports.com\/buzzer\/story\/joe-namath-wears-amazing-coat-makes-mistake-with-coin-toss-super-bowl-xlviii-020214\" target=\"_blank\">he fumbled the coin toss<\/a>. Joe gets my first-ever <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want Award<\/a> for the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The dudes have been bringing it lately, style-wise. Men were wearing the most interesting fashion at the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-grammys-hat-loving-pharrell-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grammys last Sunday<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/step-aside-heisenberg-hat-pharrells-hat-has-taken-over\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pharrell&#8217;s hat<\/a> inspiring a number of Twitter accounts and a run on Vivienne Westwood&#8217;s website. Today, Joe&#8217;s coat is getting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NamathCoat\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Broadway Joe&#8221; &#8212; nicknamed such by the late offensive tackle <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sherman_Plunkett\" target=\"_blank\">Sherman Plunkett<\/a> &#8212; always had a flair for fur.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24190\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/2012\/04\/20\/20-athletes-who-pissed-off-peta-by-rocking-fur-coats\/#20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24190\" alt=\"joenamath1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joenamath1.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joenamath1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joenamath1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The flamboyant coats matched his personality. <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/classic\/biography\/s\/namath_joe.html\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN&#8217;s Namath bio<\/a> says of Namath&#8217;s 1960s and &#8217;70s career:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;He was Broadway Joe, the guy who guaranteed a Super Bowl victory for a three-touchdown underdog New York Jets team &#8211; and then delivered. He was a charismatic presence who became a larger-than-life figure. At 21, he was a star. At 25, he was a legend. His road roommate said it was like traveling with a Beatle.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No need for pants when you&#8217;ve got a good coat &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24192\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/multimedia\/photo_gallery\/1109\/athletes.in.fur.coats\/content.8.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24192\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24192\" alt=\"joe-namath\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joe-namath.jpg\" width=\"441\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joe-namath.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joe-namath-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Joe Namath photo from Sports Illustrated. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and a good pair of pantyhose.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BCWvH2ISyI\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you want to read some really over-the-top stories about Joe, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/drunkard.com\/issues\/01_07\/01_07_broadway_joe.html\" target=\"_blank\">this story from Modern Drunkard Magazine<\/a>. (I&#8217;m not making up &#8220;Modern Drunkard Magazine,&#8221; I swear.)<\/p>\n<p>Despite Joe&#8217;s awesomeness, my favorite stylin&#8217; athlete remains basketball&#8217;s Walt &#8220;Clyde&#8221; Frazier. I mean, this look is hard to beat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24193\" alt=\"clyde\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/clyde.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/clyde.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/clyde-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clyde had a hat game that Pharrell should look to for future inspiration. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/style-icon-walt-clyde-frazier\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read my 2011 post on Clyde. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally watch the Super Bowl for the fashion (I watch it for the ads), so I was pleasantly surprised to see 70-year-old football legend Joe Namath defying the relatively warm New Jersey temperatures in a hooded fur coat. During halftime, brand-new Grammy winner Bruno Mars wore gold. Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-super-bowl-broadway-joe-namath\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[645,107],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award","8":"category-sports","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24186"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24200,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186\/revisions\/24200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}