Russell Westbrook has lengthy had a fame as one of the fashionable males in basketball.
For a lot of in vogue circles, the Denver Nuggets level guard and has tunnel walks grew to become must-see TV and in 2017 he launched his personal label, Honor The Present.
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On the courtroom, Westbrook continues to be chasing an elusive NBA championship as he performs out the ultimate years of his legendary profession, however this week he bolstered his resume with a distinct title.
WNBA Draft stylist.
In latest months, Westbrook has been collaborating with Kentucky prospect Georgia Amoore — who was taken because the sixth general choose by the Washington Mystics — on a customized search for the massive night time.
Their story started with a zoom name, by which the Australian guard instructed the 2017 NBA MVP that she wished a cropped blazer and a skirt, however ‘did not know what to anticipate’ previous that.
On Monday night time, the look was revealed to the world, with Honor The Present touchdown on a black leather-based blazer with white-stitch floral embroidery — cropped to the 24-year-old’s liking — paired with an identical mini skirt.
“We didn’t need to go too loopy, but in addition wished to provide her just a little little bit of swagger for one of many largest moments and nights of her life,” Westbrook, who has a internet value of $375million, stated of the match.
It was designed together with a shirt that learn ‘Honor Ladies’ – a nod to the values that each basketball stars maintain.
“It’s an announcement about how I used to be raised and the way I dwell my life,” Westbrook instructed Vogue forward of draft night time.
“My mother taught me about power and sacrifice. My spouse reveals me what true partnership seems like. And now having daughters, I’m much more dedicated to making a world that honors and respects girls.”
Amoore’s outfit additionally featured equipment, and though she describes herself as a ‘easy woman’, she embraced the additions.
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“We began piling on the bracelets. The extra you placed on, the extra you need!,” the No. 6 choose stated, recalling her final becoming.
“Pretty much as good because the outfit was plain, the necklace and the rings and the bracelets actually tied it collectively.”
Amoore, a 5-foot-6 senior, spent 4 seasons at Virginia Tech, the place she averaged 18.8 factors, 2.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per sport.
She used her remaining yr of school eligibility to switch to Kentucky, the place she posted a career-high 19.6 factors together with 2.3 rebounds and 6.9 assists per sport, earlier than declaring for the draft.
Whereas Paige Bueckers went first general after signing a shocking cope with a rival league even earlier than coming into the WNBA, Amoore has made historical past with Westbrook.
“This has by no means occurred earlier than — no athlete has ever dressed one other athlete for a draft, not to mention an NBA participant designing for a WNBA Draft,” Westbrook defined.
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“We’re making historical past proper right here, breaking down these obstacles between males’s and girls’s sports activities.”
Amoore, in the meantime, described the collaboration as ‘surreal’ and famous that she ‘could not consider a greater method to start’ her journey as a WNBA participant.
She joins a rising variety of Australians to be drafted within the first spherical, whereas turning into the nation’s highest-selected participant since Liz Cambage was taken at second general by the Tulsa Shock in 2011.
The Mystics, with a brand new coach and common supervisor, had three of the primary six picks on Monday.
They chose Sonia Citron at No. 3, and Kiki Iriafen at No. 4, forward of Amoore.
Angel Reese, in the meantime, made a WNBA championship prediction after being reunited with Hailey Van Lith on the Chicago Sky.