CRICKET great Michael Clarke gives entertainment editor-at-large Melissa Hoyer an exclusive look at his newest baby.
Sport-met-style today as Australian cricket captain and three-time Allan Border recipient Michael Clarke announced he would auction his designer cricket trunk, created by French fashion house Louis Vuitton.
Sport-met-style today as Australian cricket captain and three-time Allan Border recipient Michael Clarke announced he would auction his designer cricket trunk, created by French fashion house Louis Vuitton.
But he says he is definitely not giving away his baggy green cap or cricket captain jacket.
“I will be wearing those for quite a while longer, I hope,’’ he smiled, as he fastidiously talked me through his latest creation.
Michael Clarke is currently sporting a nasty and fairly noticeable forehead gash, not from a blinder of a fast ball but from an innocent gardening incident at his Southern Highlands home.
Michael Clarke is currently sporting a nasty and fairly noticeable forehead gash, not from a blinder of a fast ball but from an innocent gardening incident at his Southern Highlands home.
“Oh, I didn’t think you would notice!’’ he laughed.
The intensively private sports star was riding solo this morning before being joined by his glamorous model wife, Kyly, at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.
The intensively private sports star was riding solo this morning before being joined by his glamorous model wife, Kyly, at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.
The dynamic pair have thrown themselves into charity cheerleading, especially for sick children, Kyly volunteering at the hospital for the last 12 months.
The cricket trunk, once ominously called a cricket ‘coffin’ (in the olden days) has a reserve price of $170,000. But when bidding continues tonight, at an A-list party in the ultra-smart Louis Vuitton Sydney store, there are hopes potential bidders will be fuelled with a few glasses of French champagne.With Christie’s auction house at the auction helm, the price could go as high as $300,000 or, judging by his popularity in India, it could go a lot higher.
The newly made ‘trunk’ took eight months to make in France, under the direction of Clarke, and then made by one Vuitton craftsperson.
It includes drawers and compartments specially to hold bats, boots, hats, pads, gloves, a helmet and even features a portable BOSE sound system and iPod dock.
“I always listen to music before I play, so it was essential I included that in the truck.’’
Every cent of the auctioned cricket trunk sale price will go to the Sydney Children’s Hospital, a cause supported by both Michael and Kyly, who has just scored a fashion deal with established fashion house, Harris Scarfe.
The glam pair spent this afternoon at the children's hospital before getting on their finest designer gear for tonight’s fundraising soiree.
“If I can use my reputation to make sick kids happy, then that is the least I can do. And the money raised by Louis Vuitton, that will then be given to the hospital so it can make a mighty big difference," he said.
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