The Bryan Brothers, the most successful doubles team in history, bump up their style in smashing summer sport jackets
Photographs by Bella Howard
Style director: Joseph Deacetis
Photographed At the Hurlingham club in London.
Mike Bryan (seated) wears a striped flannel sport Jacket by Hackett ($1,000); Terry Toweling Polo Shirt by Orlebar Brown ($150); Cotton and Linen pants by Giorgio Armani ($625); Linen Pocket Square by Anderson & Sheppard ($70); and Calfskin Plimsolls by Hugo Boss ($300). Bob Bryan wears a deconstructed houndstooth jacket by Giorgio Armani ($2,500); cotton polo shirt by John Smedley ($190); linen trousers ($425) and linen pocket square ($70) by Anderson & Sheppard; and Jack Purcell sneakers by Converse ($80)
When they were boys, identical twin tennis champions Mike and Bob Bryan were typically dressed by their parents in matching outfits. “I was always in red,” says Bob, the younger of the duo by two minutes. “Mike was the blue guy.”
Today, the 35-year-old Bryans cut far more dashing figures both on and off the court. Winners of 15 Grand Slam men’s doubles titles, the brothers have been the No 1 men’s doubles team in the world for nine of the past 11 years. Their game is helped by the fact that they’re “mirror twins”—Bob plays left-handed and Mike right, giving them vastly more court coverage than teammates with the same dominant hand.
Born in Camarillo, California (just north of Malibu) in 1978, the Bryans have a default sartorial style that’s very much a product of their upbringing. “Mike and I are both laid-back California guys,” Bob says. “Most days, you’ll find us in jeans, flip-flops, T-shirts, hats and shades.” But now that they both live in Florida—Bob near Miami, Mike near Tampa—they admit to dressing a bit more formally.
(This story appears in the Sept-Oct 2014 issue of ForbesLife India. To visit our Archives, click here.)