2015 NBA Draft Style Watch. By Sam Glaser
The NBA Draft is an annual affair in which the top collegiate hoops talent borrows money from agents to make stylish first impressions on media and fans. While the looks varied, they were united by some recurring trends including lapel jewelry, pocket circles, bright pants, contrast-collar dress shirts and red / raspberry / burgundy colorways.
Adreian Payne showed up in the quintessential new year-round color: raspberry. From the pants to the Prince of Wales pattern to the pocket circle, bow tie, and lapel flower, Payne freshly-picked the juiciest color trend of the bunch.
Bobby Portis rocked a burgundy double breasted suit with a subtle grey windowpane, complimented by black and white accessories – including the Nucky Thompson-esque collar bar.
Cameron Payne wore our other favorite spring/summer color trend: brilliant blue. He, like Portis, went with the modern-retro double breasted suit with a clean white shirt, complimented by a collar bar.
Kelly Oubre wore a burgundy sharksin suit with wide notch lapels and a contrast collar dress shirt. My favorite burgundy look of the night.
D’Angelo Russell paid homage to his Ohio State Buckeyes: a red dinner jacket with a grey shawl lapel and details. The red bow tie and belt look great and I dig the light summer-y pants.
Jahlil Okafor was passed over for the NBA Draft’s second pick. Is that a chip on his shoulder? Nope, just a pair of star pins complimenting an oversized black shawl lapel, which provide some pop without overdoing it.
Jerian Grant showed up in a comparatively minimalist ensemble by today’s superstar athlete standards. Nice color, nice texture, nice pop-color details. So long as men’s suiting trends have ballers trying to do too much, it’s nice to see some relatively understated style.
Myles Turner wore one of the only white jackets of the 2015 NBA Draft, complimented by a matching miss-matched color palette of varying reds and a super-swaggy lapel crown. It’s an edgy look that goes too far for most.
Sam Dekker kept it relatively clean in a peak lapel Prince of Wales tonal plaid suit, complimented by raspberry accessories. The contrast wide-spread collar, paisley tie (not my favorite), and silk pocket puff were simple and stylish.
Pants-of-the-draft go to Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. The black and red plaid was daringly dapper.
The worst look of the draft goes to Chris McCullough. The blazer is a weird brown-orange and ill-fitting (notice how it pulls at the midsection). The tie is sloppy – both the knot and how it hangs. The pocket square is too low and looks too bulky inside the pocket. This is disappointing – and all the more so because McCullough is New York City-born, Syracuse, NY educated, and Brooklyn Nets-bound. The NYC-born-and-raised youngster should have a lot more big city-style. We can only hope Nets partner Jay-Z will help.
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