6 Tips For Dressing Like An NBA Player
Out of the many settings where menswear takes center stage, you would think the best of the best designs would walk down a runway. These narrow walkways are responsible for debuting collections from the most acclaimed fashion designers.
At Paris Fashion Week (February 2022), Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter showcased their Fall 2022 Botter Caribbean Couture collection. Tying aquatic elements from their Spring 2022 offerings, Botter’s fall lineup wooed show-goers with coral reef-colored suiting, impeccable tailoring, and up-cycled shirts with beaded detailing. At Off-White posthumous show, the fashion industry honored Virgil Abloh's legacy again as a-listers from a very pregnant Rihanna and boyfriend A$AP Rocky to Pharrell Williams gathered to witness the designer's last Off-White collection. Layering was the clear winner at Off-White. Fur coats over letterman jackets, pleated skirts styled on top of suit trousers, it was all a masterclass in high fashion.
But the New York, London, Milan and Paris runways have competition. Across the United States, there are stadiums with strips of smooth ground that showcases men's fashion at its most stylish. We're talking about the NBA Tunnel. Whether the occasion is a regular-season game, the playoffs, or the NBA finals, players from every team turn the arena tunnels into runways for giants as some of the tallest men among us arrive at games dripping in conversation-worthy fashion.
The good news is you don't have to let the luxury pricetags attached intimidate you. Emulating how to dress like an NBA player is easy, especially after we lay out these guidelines for your to follow. We know you're dying to copy your favorite ball player's styles: here are ____ tips on how to dress like an NBA player.
TRAVEL LIGHT
Home games, away games, home for the night then back on the road again, NBA players truly live the life of a jet-setter, and all that traveling required a bag or two. To copy Jayson Tatum from the Boston Celtics or P.J. Tucker from the Miami Heats drip, carry a travel-sized duffle bag on your next trip. The perfect size for an overnight or weekend getaway, a luxury duffle is the ideal travel bag for men on the move.
DRIP IN MONOGRAM PRINTS
Like rappers, NBA players love a monogram moment. The double GG and LV is a classic flex instantly recognized by everyone from the most devoted fashionisto to your everyday K-Mart-only shopper. If you want to copy Houston Rockets John Wall's or San Antonio Spurs Dejounte Murray's swag, go gaudy with garments covered in a signature print from brands like Louis Vuitton or Gucci.
CARRY A DOPP KIT
Dopp kits, shaving kits, toiletry bags, whatever you choose to call these pint-sized bags, they pack a stylish punch. Dopp kits fit all of the essentials you like to keep on hand, similar to a women's clutch. Arguably the most popular accessory walking through the tunnels, adding one of these handheld bags to your look will instantly take you from regular Joe to the style MVP.
WEAR POPS OF COLOR
NBA players like Lebron James and Serge Ibaka love adding color to their ensembles. To incorporate hot pink and lime green successfully into their outfits is adding the brightly colored hues in small pops. Take King James, for example, who livened up his monochrome jeans, t-shirt, and jacket look with pink Nike AMBUSH sneakers and a light blue cap. Ibaka added a bold red hat and a multicolored Louis Vuitton Scarf with a white t-shirt and jeans.
HOODIES ARE A MUST
The humble hoodie has come a long way from its loungewear beginning. Today the hooded sweatshirt has evolved to a style staple fashion-forward enough for the front rows of fashion week or a walk through an arena tunnel. Bite Kevin Durant or Juan Toscano-Anderson's style by opting for a graphic hoodie to elevate your "lazy day" look.
CARRY YOUR KICKS
Some sneakers are so fly the actual flex is toting them in your hands while you rock another pair of equally fly kicks. Look at PJ Tucker who prefers to carry a holy grail pair of Air Jordan Retro 4s than wear them.
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