The Fila Mk1 Settanta track top in navy/regatta blue famously features in the nightclub scene from The Business where they take out the Dutch.
"The way I saw it, it was either go back to London & wank my life away playing Donkey Kong in the local kebab house or sign up to a life of crime, women & drugs". The legendary lines from Frankie (Danny Dyer) in
The Business from 2005 as he decides not to leave Spain but to go back to Charlie's Club. That iconic nightclub scene has got to go down in history as one of the greatest 80s nightclub scenes, that could rival the Tech Noir scene from the Terminator or the Babylon Club scene from Scarface. With its GTA Vice City aesthetic and classic 80s sounds courtesy of Shannon's 'Let the Music Play', if that scene doesn't make you want to start swaggering about in a Settanta then nothing else will. The gang take down the mullet headed Dutch gangsters to control the drugs supply on the "Costa Del Crime" with shooters & Settanta's for what is arguably the greatest scene in the entire film. The Fila Settanta track top in the navy/regatta blue colourway as worn by Danny Dyer in the iconic nightclub scene now arrives back at its spiritual home.
Above: Bj_rn Borg & Chris Evert (left) in 1980 wearing the Fila Mk1 Settanta track top in navy/regatta blue.
Still considered by many as the holy grail of casual 80s apparel, the Fila Mk1 Settanta track top is easily one of the most recognisable styles from the golden era of casual sportswear. One of the original White Line designs of the 1970s from the legendary Fila designer Pierluigi Rolando, the Settanta not only set the bar as far as sportswear was concerned but it also started a legacy of the Settanta style itself which would lead to various versions of the celebrated White Line style in the early 1980s. Drawing inspiration from classic varsity style with baseball collars & never seen before tennis colours, the Settanta was one of the original Bj_rn Borg styles. First released in 1976, it was Borg that would also take Fila to his 11 Grand Slam titles with the Settanta famously captured as Borg walked onto centre court for the Wimbledon final against Jimmy Connors in 1977. The BJ branding, the bold colourways & the elitist appeal simply put the Settanta in a complete class of its own. 
Above: The Fila Mk1 Settanta track top in navy/regatta blue now available exclusively from 80s Casual Classics. The Fila Mk1 Settanta or BJ as it also known, now returns in the original navy/regatta blue colourway as famously worn by Bj_rn Borg as well as Danny Dyer in The Business from 2005. Now back at its spiritual home the classic Settanta colourway is revived from the Fila archives. Featuring a soft touch cotton and polyester blend fabric in the classic navy colourway with regatta blue detailing. Other highlights include a varsity inspired collar, contrasting white stripes to the cuffs and hem as well as the iconic 'F' branding embroidered to the left chest. Shop the iconic White Line style now exclusively from 80s Casual Classics via the links.
