Paige Bueckers simply scored some main fashion factors.
On Monday night, the UConn Huskies level guard shimmered in not one however two sparkly fits on the WNBA 2025 draft, which occurred at The Shed in New York Metropolis.
Bueckers, who was chosen No. 1 total by the Dallas Wings, labored with stylist Brittany Hampton on her stylish wardrobe for the large evening.
“Her draft day is her opulence second,” the stylist instructed The New York Instances forward of the occasion. “It’s going to be energy dressing for certain.” Hampton additionally instructed the publication to anticipate “liquid rhinestone cascades,” “elaborations” and “daring class.”
The basketball celebrity hit the orange carpet in a customized three-piece swimsuit lined in crystals courtesy of Coach, the newly introduced official associate of the WNBA.
Bueckers’ red-and-black test look included an outsized blazer with sharp, structured shoulders, a fitted vest and flared trousers.
The 23-year-old clutched onto an outsized black leather-based Coach bag ($695), finishing her first outfit of the night with complementing platform loafers ($195) from the label.
Bueckers ditched her signature braids and wore her blond hair in tousled, mermaid-like waves for her huge evening.
Later within the evening, the rising WNBA participant did a wardrobe change, switching into the same black swimsuit. Although her second jacket had equally daring shoulders, it solely featured sequins on the lapels.
She grounded the statement-making blazer — which she wore and not using a shirt beneath — with understated straight-leg trousers.
Bueckers jazzed up the swimsuit with sparkly hoop earrings and layered diamond necklaces and chunky rings and pulled again her hair, sporting a half-up, half-down fashion.
A burgeoning style star, Bueckers, who is usually wearing manufacturers like Zits Studios and Kwame Adusei, turned the primary faculty athlete to have her personal Nike player-edition shoe in December 2024.
She summed up her fashion as “masculine, female, crop tops, dishevelled garments” in her interview with The Instances and declared, “I don’t need to put myself in a field.”
If final evening was any indication, she’s certain to embrace her new WNBA period in fashion.
