'A style icon' The many fashion goals of Megan Rapinoe

The United States women's football team are off to a good start in the defence of their World Cup title, winning their opening match against Vietnam 3-0 before drawing with the Netherlands last Thursday

- Hannah Jane Parkinson

They are hoping to give Megan Rapinoe, their talismanic attacker, a final piece of silverware before she retires.

Over the past decade, Rapinoe has established herself as a global superstar. In the 2019 World Cup, she won both the Golden Boot (for most goals scored in the tournament) and the Golden Ball (best player). She is a double Olympic medallist and recipient of the most prestigious prize in the game, the Ballon d'Or. Last year, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But there's another thing Rapinoe has become famous for: her winning style. It might have been her pink-purple cropped quiff that first garnered attention (she is currently sporting a turquoise version, and in the past, it was peroxide blonde), but her standout looks are not confined to her locks, nor, for that matter, her impeccably groomed eyebrows.

Vogue has said Rapinoe has "the swagger and attitude of a style icon", and the athlete has graced the covers of Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, GQ and more. In 2019, her photoshoot for Sports Illustrated's swimwear issue, in which she showed off rock-hard abs in a Haus of PinkLemonAid mesh gold bikini, went viral.