Golf Clothing – Miami Vice

Don Johnson is more famous for his rolled up jackets and shoes-without-socks combo than for his golf clothing.

Miami Vice

Anyone who was born after a certain date will have fond memories of Crockett busting drug dealers in Miami , wearing pastel coloured suit jackets with jeans. But he has swapped his eighties apparel for golf clothing and traded in the shooter for a putter. Don Johnson, aka Crockett, has made an appearance at pro-celebrity golf tournaments such as Dunhill Links in Britain .

Golf clothing

Johnson is just one name in the swelling tide of celebrity that is making golf the new rock and roll. But the big question is what Don Johnson wears on the golf course – especially as he has made his name in entertainment history for his disastrous taste in clothing on the hit TV show, Miami Vice.

Undercover cop

Sadly, Johnson didn't grab his golf clubs, hitch up the sleeves of his golf clothing garment, and roll out of the way of danger or fly over the bonnet of a car. Swinging golf clubs may not be as glamorous for the eighties Vice Squad undercover cop, but he is an accomplished player.

Bad rep for golf clothing

Golf clothing has always had a bad rep, but despite the positive influence of celebrity on golf fashion – think Samuel L Jackson, Catherine Zeta-Jones or Luke Wilson – this is one actor who might actually make golf clothing look even worse with his own reputation for bad fashion.

Stay hot - be cool

Johnson recently defended his clothing and dress sense on a British chat show, saying the hitched up jacket sleeves and shocking shoes without socks look was down to the fact they were filming in tropical heat. Miami in summer is steaming, and the actors would find any way they could to keep cool – regardless of the risk of making a fashion faux pas.

Fashion and golf clothing

But where better to take those shiny suits and pastel shades than the golf course? Fashion and golf clothing have always clashed as brilliantly as Johnson's jackets.

Johnson has played a part in the golf flick Tin Cup, so is used to donning golf clothing and hitting the fairways. Other celebrities are making golf clothing cool though – even going to the extremes of hiring designers to create ranges to suit their tastes. It would be hard to imagine the new devotees of the game, Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop, wearing sensible slacks and diamond-patterned sweaters.

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