NBA Draft 2019: the fashion game
Freshly minted NBA players rocking memorable suits at the June 20, 2019, NBA Draft included, from left, RJ Barrett, Bol Bol and Coby White.
(Mike Coppola / Getty Images)Memorable looks from the 2019 NBA Draft held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 20, 2019.
Zion Williamson’s cream-colored, shawl collar tuxedo jacket and unbuttoned shirt sans necktie gave the No. 1 draft pick an approriate “prom king” vibe.
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Ja Morant, the second pick of the 2019 NBA Draft, is wearing a lavender pinstripe suit -- and shirt to match -- by Hideoki Bespoke.
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No. 3 pick RJ Barrett’s pink bird’s-eye Indochino suit has a little something extra under the hood -- a custom Canadian-flag lining and his nickname, Maple Mamba -- embroidered inside.
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Freshly drafted NBA players Cam Reddish, from left, Zion Williamson and Tyler Herro.
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Darius Garland’s suit-but-not-a-suit was part kimono and part leisure wear that drew comparisons on social media to a bathrobe or something a Jedi master might wear.
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Rui Hachimura after being drafted with the ninth overall pick by the Washington Wizards during the 2019 NBA Draft.
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Bol Bol’s suit by a label called Spider Worldwide was festooned with jeweled spiderweb designs.
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Ja Morant’s custom suit includes a lining of pictures of his family and his school Murray State, and a pocket square with his photo as a Murray State player.
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De’Andre Hunter was one of several players to partner with JCPenney for a custom NBA Draft suit. This JF J. Ferrar suit includes a personalized liner honoring his hometown of Philadelphia and his own motto, “Skills Over Politics.”
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Duke’s Cam Reddish, the 10th overall pick in the NBA basketball draft, is headed to the Atlanta Hawks. The custom lining of his JCPenney suit pays homage to things that are important to him.
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The details of Coby White’s customized JF J. Ferrar suit from JCPenny included a personalized liner with an assortment of cancer awareness ribbons to honor his father, and cuff embroidery of the letters FMF -- which stands for “for my father.”
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Jaxson Hayes, left, and De’Andre Hunter each sported custom necklaces at the 2019 NBA Draft.
(Mike Coppola / Getty Images)Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?” and writing down the answers.