On the heels of the men’s D1 NCAA Championships where his University of Texas team nabbed the hard-fought team trophy, Singaporean Longhorn senior Joseph Schooling has been named as a new face for German fashion house Hugo Boss. The company has released a capsule collection in collaboration with 22-year-old Schooling, which is now available in store across Singapore.
Of this new Hugo Boss ambassadorship addition to his resume, Schooling says, “It is a tremendous honour to be part of such an iconic brand. (Its) focus on quality and authenticity resonates with me on a personal level.
“Looking back, I would say I can be proud of my amateur career in general. No doubt – as with every journey – I have had to endure some lows as well as some highs.
“Every experience has helped me become the person I am today,” says Schooling.
The Olympic champion has opted out of competing at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, but is looking towards competing at the Asian Games slated for August.
All quotes excerpted from Channel News Asia.
he’s the epitome of hugo boss its hilarious, shout out to schooling tho. go get paid and build visibility for the sport young man
He’s just as bad as the football players entering the draft
Awesome! And I hope Ledecky gets some mad bank. Swimmers are very undervalued even though the sport has no commercial value. Nice to see companies step up in this sport even though few can identify with it in any way other than rec swims.
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/business/hugo-boss-acknowledges-link-to-nazi-regime.html
Sponsorship is a two way street. Be careful who and what you represent.
who cares
hopefully dont buy anything German created before nazi germany.. like german cars..
Hugo Boss was a willing member of the Nazi Party, joined in 1931 even before Hitler came to power. There is a difference between sweatshop labor and war criminals keeping people in cages to work them to death. The company was sold to an Italian firm in 1993, but Nazis give me the creeps. Sorry, I know it is a stretch, but, as Indiana Jones said, “Nazis!! I hate those guys”.
Exactly, the new electrical systems are dodgy, and they cheat on emissions.
i don’t think i will be taking my fashion cues from him.
Good for him. I can’t imagine what it was like to achieve the accomplishment of the first gold medal ever won representing Singapore. The fame and fortune that came with it had to be very difficult to manage along with a collegiate career and a much different life here in the states. Congratulations on this Huge accompkushment of turning pro. Best of luck Joe!
“accompkushment” —- spoken like a true Longhorn.
Snooze. Wake me up when he has the all-time fastest time in any event, any course.
snooze. comment when you do. or top 10. or 100
You don’t want to be Rip Van Winkle do you? Got nothing against the young man but seems that he got a bit too “full of himself” after Rio (who wouldn’t after beating Phelps). The proof will be “in the pudding” in 2020.
Man, and here I was thinking swimswam thread commenters had bullied him into irrelevancy.