We’ve always had a soft spot for Bikkembergs here at Footy Boots.
Starting off as a young fashion designer famous for his men’s shoes in the late 80’s, Dirk Bikkembergs found that the muse for his fashion creations was sport – more specifically, football.
So he spent a while designing off-pitch apparel and suits for Inter Milan, then when that wasn’t enough, he bought the club next door his manufacturing site, F.C. Fossombrone.
Then Mr Bikkemberg proceeded to reinvent the club with his own image, designing the kits, baselayers and eventually the football boots!
It’s such a wonderfully barmy story, it can only happen in football!
So, the latest of Bikkembergs creations have launched – the Capitano!
The Capitano is billed as the ‘Ultimate merger of passion and performance’, to back that claim up, it’s the first Bikkemberg to be fitted with a split outsole, divided into two segments – the forefoot and the heel.
We’ve seen this technology used on several boots before, usually in ‘Speed’ football boots like the Puma v1.08 – so we can expect the Capitano to be lightweight, and have an good amount of flexibility through the sole.
As for the upper, the Capitano features a water-repellent synthetic microfibre. This microfibre has been designed to keep it lightweight under all playing conditions, and retain it’s foot-hugging fit for exemplary ball control.
The most obvious feature on the boot is the rubber strip that runs across the top and sides of the upper. Designed to invoke a Captain’s Armband (Capitano, geddit!?) this strip not only looks good, but enhances ball control on the ‘laces’ and instep of the boot, and partially covers the bottom of the lacing area and tongue for a larger striking surface.
Due to the ‘Designer’ nature of the Capitano, we expect that it will only be available through bikkembergs.com in time for the summer!
Tell us what you think in the comments below!
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Great boot!!! want to buy this
thats a sweet boot!
WTF IS THAT?!
Will any one in the World Cup be wearing em?
The rubbber band is a great innovation in my opinion. Looks like it would help the ball stick when stopping and inhance the shot curve and maybe even accuracy when shooting. Although I would need to try it to speack for a fact.
It also looks pretty soft and comfy. But once again – test drive is a MUST to confirm all that. FootyBoots – send them over I’ll tell you all you need to know about them. Cheers
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for a famous fashion designer that makes mens shoes, these boots sure are ugly, they look like there made out of binbag liners.
too icy.
OMFGGGGGG!!! THOSE ARE SOOOOOOOOOO SICKKKKKKKK!
looks cool enough i would really want to see a boot test on these though.
wow , like it , but they are really expensive
GREAT!! Iwish they were bigger!! Make more plz!
the big “C” is a turn off.
If only they have leather versions…
where can you get these?
i would like to see the firm ground version for that.
Does the adidas f50.7 sole plate fit in the F50i tunit !!!!?????
I must say I quite like the design of the football boots. When will we see a review from Kyle?
Nice pictures but Ă‚Âżwhere is the sole? We can not see the most important part of the shoe…
Who can name a player who uses this make?
Cant be that good as never heard anybody waring these