Archive for Sevens Style

The sights of Hong Kong

March 27, 2010 No Comments

Bustling streets, colour and pageantry. The Hong Kong Sevens is a world rugby spectacle not to be missed.

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Not many males in drag at the USA Sevens

February 23, 2010 No Comments

The New Zealand Sevens in Wellington attracts a huge number of men wearing dresses. Rugby personality, Melodie Robinson felt this was a very healthy thing for the New Zealand male (assuming they were mostly New Zealanders). Putting aside their inhibitions was thought to be therapeutic and the airflow that a dress affords was befitting the ...

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Sevens Hair – New heir to the Sevens Hair Throne

February 16, 2010 No Comments

New Zealand’s Kurt Baker has recently removed his old trademark white patch from the back of his head. [See our story] Being connoisseurs of fashion, the French Rugby Sevens team didn’t believe him: “Elle est toujours là” they said. Baker felt he needed to prove it – “Regardez, il est allé ” (‘Look, it’s gone!’). But ...

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Rugby American style

February 15, 2010 1 Comment

The IRB World Sevens Series included a tournament in Las Vegas for the first time and the supporters came out in style.

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Sevens fashion colours

February 8, 2010 No Comments

There was a lot of pink at the Wellington Stadium watching the third leg of the IRB World Sevens Series over the weekend.

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Sevens Rugby – a cross dressing opportunity

February 8, 2010 4 Comments

According to rugby TV personality Melodie Robinson, Sevens Rugby (in Wellington at least) is an opportunity for men to explore a wider expanse of wardrobe opportunities – in particular women’s clothing. The number of men who took this opportunity was staggering and either scary or healthy depending upon your point of view. The New Zeland ...

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[Sevens Hair] Kurt Baker – Where’s the white?

January 19, 2010 No Comments

Originally uploaded by Rob vRS I have been pursuing the inside story on the white tuft of hair at the back of Kurt Baker’s head ever since he burst onto the world Sevens scene during the IRB World Series in 2009. Like many Sevens players before him, Baker was a relative unknown in senior rugby ...

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Canterbury win back the Taranaki jersey but set the design back 20 years

The Taranaki jersey was our pick for the most stylish from New Zealand’s domestic rugby competition in 2009. Taranaki...