Messi shirt, among fashion items that defined 2023

The arrival of Lionel Messi has revolutionized soccer in the United States, but his influence has gone beyond what the Argentine does on the playing fields and this is demonstrated by an article in a famous fashion publication. Vogue magazine made an article in the one that chooses the 15 pieces of clothing that defined the year 2023 and one of those was the Argentine star's Inter Miami shirt with the 10 on the back.

The list also shows how essential and influential celebrity culture remains, from Lionel Messi's sold-out Inter Miami jersey to the Chanel sunglasses worn by Lily-Rose Depp's character on The Idol and Britney Spears' memoir , The Woman In Me, which surely delivered Addison Rae's most iconic fashion moment this year, reads the beginning of the article.

Regarding Messi's shirt, Vogue highlights that fashion's love affair with soccer increased one or two levels in 2023, with the arrival of La Pulga to the MLS. Immediately after the announcement, the generic Inter Miami jersey, in an unexpected tone; Pink Barbie sold out, giving rise to a rich smuggling industry. Now, almost five months later, Messi's official jersey, with his number 10, is still on the waiting list in most sizes on the Adidas website, the note states.

Leo Messi led the classification of the best-selling MLS shirts in 2023 in a count where the Mexican Javier Hernández was even displaced out of the Top 10, while the also Mexican Carlos Vela occupied fifth position. On September 12, the MLS revealed the list of the best-selling shirts from January 1 to that date and, although Messi had only been at the South Florida club for two months, his shirt was already the best-selling.

He was the best-selling MLS shirt in 2023

Messi led this list ahead of the Brazilian João Klauss, the star of St. Louis City debut team in the MLS this year; and the German Hany Mukhtar, a figure from Nashville who was the MVP and top scorer of the MLS in 2022. The Argentine Sebastián Driussi (Austin) and the Mexican Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC) completed the Top 5.