We didn't think we needed any more reasons to love Robbie Rogers: the brave Brit footballer stepped out as one of the first openly gay athletes on a professional team, spoken openly about his relationship status and has elated American fans by jumping the pond to play for the L.A. Galaxy.

Now it turns out Rogers is playing the fashion game: A few years back he got involved with Halsey44, a casual menswear line, which he happily models for. “Of course I want to set myself up; in something other than just be being an athlete," the 26-year-old Bello magazine. "I have a lot of different levels... You set yourself up so you can support yourself when you’re done at your sport.”

It also helps that the founder of Halsey44, William “Bill”  H. Johnson lll, is a long-time family friend of Rogers’ father. Rogers grew up with Johnson’s son, Will; he recalls they used to talk about how cool it would be to have their own clothing line...

While Rogers isn’t a schooled designer, he does have input on colors, styles and fabrics, which are primarily cotton, linen and bamboo. Rogers relies on his personal style to guide the way...

We all come up with ideas on styles and colors and it goes from there,” said Rogers of the clothing company that is, for now, strictly focusing on menswear for the bottom half. Just pants and shorts; no tops in the 100-plus stores located primarily in California (Fred Segal is a buyer), Texas, southern states and some places on the East Coast. “Everyone involved in the company is contributing to the styles and the colors.”

About his personal fashion sense, Rogers says he likes to keep things simple: "I like to be comfortable and casual. I like to buy plain shirts that aren’t too tight in the neck," he tells Bello. "I like more fitted pants. I won’t buy pants that are a relaxed fit because I think they’re sloppy. I like pants that are tapered and more comfortable.” He does draw the line, though, at jeggings: "My legs are too big.”

We should all have such problems.