Cover NBA's Ben Simmons attends the 2024 Met Gala celebrating 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' (Photo: Raymond Hall/GC Images via Getty Images)
NBA's Ben Simmons attends the 2024 Met Gala celebrating 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' (Photo: Raymond Hall/GC Images via Getty Images)
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These NBA players are turning heads and making statements with their bold choices in menswear
For basketball players, money-making moves are not always confined to the court. Now more than ever, NBA games have become a hotspot for some of the most striking looks dominating the menswear scene. Seeing our NBA favourites appear on magazine covers, walk the fashion week runways, and sign on as brand ambassadors isn’t a strange or funny concept anymore. We’re not just talking about streetwear or athleisure-style moments, either. Even someone as revered a player as LeBron James favours a nicely tailored Thom Browne suit.
‘Tunnel fits’ are also inching into the fashion vernacular. The pre-game walk to the locker room has transformed into a runway show—a chance for NBA personalities to express their style finesse before they get into uniform.
As we are several weeks into the 2024 NBA playoffs, we’re taking you on a fashionable detour to recap some of the most stylish players.
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Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons’s style gravitates towards the urban aesthetic with elements inspired by Japanese streetwear. However, he attended the 2024 Met Gala with menswear legend Thom Browne. There, he sported a custom oversized tweed suit coated with black car paint. He carried a briefcase adorned with a large clock, apt for the event’s ‘Garden of Time’ theme.
Devin Booker
Hermes, Burberry, and even Cartier—Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns has worn it all. The Michigan native has a knack for a casual but elevated look in a wash of neutral colours. He keeps it relaxed but tasteful with eye-catching pairings, like a Bottega Veneta bag with Chuck Taylors or a Tiffany & Co chain over a simple white tank top.
Jordan Clarkson
Utah Jazz point guard Jordan Clarkson is no stranger to the fashion world, having signed on as a brand ambassador for Lululemon, among other high-end brands. The Filipino-American point guard may be one of the best-dressed athletes out there. He’s drawn to bold statements, opting for loud patterns, unexpected colour combinations, and oversized fits.
Read more: Rack Attack: 4 of Jordan Clarkson’s boldest style choices
Jerami Grant
Portland Trail Blazer Jerami Grant has proven to be a versatile player in both the sports and sartorial realms. He has an apparent knack for pairing streetwear statements like oversized jackets, chains and baseball caps with luxury pieces such as Maison Margiela, Issey Miyake, and Balenciaga.
LeBron James
There’s no doubt that King James has always been a legend on the court, but he has come quite a long way in his style and finesse. Earlier this year, the NBA legend was tagged as the face of Louis Vuitton’s spring-summer 2024 campaign, the first under Pharrell Williams’s creative direction.
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Julianna has been interested in leading a literary life since she first read Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess at eight. Before working with Tatler, she was an archive intern at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York. She is a textbook Pisces who devotes most of her spare time to her crochet projects, watching classic films, and going through her never-ending pile of unread books. She studied creative writing, global literature and art history at Sarah Lawrence College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2022. Toni Morrison, Nora Ephron, Clarice Lispector and Jia Tolentino are among her all-time favourite writers.
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Julianna writes about fashion, beauty, sustainability, and the arts. She is always keen on conducting interviews with talented women who are changing the game in their respective fields.
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