Arsenal football team collaborates with Lanvin in unlikely fashion partnership

The luxury French fashion house has partnered with the British football club.

Fashion and football aren't the most likely bedfellows, but a collaboration between high fashion house Lanvin and football team Arsenal might just change things.

A new image released today shows players from the club Calum Chambers, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, David Ospina, Theo Walcott, Mathieu Flamini and Mesut Ozil sat front row whilst a model struts past.

The official portrait celebrates the collaboration between Arsenal football club and Lanvin who has been outfitting the team for official club appearances since 2013.

The suits worn by the players are designed by Lanvin's menswear director Lucas Ossendrijver and include a red rose tie pin and a gold Arsenal crest on a midnight blue suit with slim fit shirt and a handmade red silk tie.

Cufflinks engraved with the famous Arsenal cannon complete the look.

A good dose of glamour is provided by model Olga Sherer who wears a look from the spring/summer 2015 Lanvin Femme collection in the portait.

Chambers, Wilshere, Arteta, Ospina, Walcott, Flamini and Ozil aren't the first footballers to lend their faces to a fashion brand - David Beckham is famous for his fashion collaborations with the likes of Armani and H&M and both Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique have fronted fashion campaigns.