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Lionel Messi wears tuxedo with polka dots to FIFA awards (Pictures)

January 7, 2013 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award (FIFA Player of the Year) for a record fourth-straight year, but it’s his outfit that has people buzzing.

The Argentine wore a black tuxedo with white polka dots, white shirt, and a matching bowtie at the awards ceremony. Here’s another look at his tux:

#PHOTO: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi wins unprecedented fourth FIFA Ballon d’Or, by Olivier Morin #ballondor twitter.com/AFP/status/288…

— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 7, 2013

Sweet threads, right? He’d fit in perfectly with the Miami Heat.

Now if you’re wondering where Messi may have gotten the idea to wear such a tux, SI’s Bryan A. Graham thinks it was an homage to Mardona.

Who knows what the inspiration was? We just know it looked ridiculous.

H/T LBS contributor A. Liu

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