Get Your Fashion Game Up! (NBA Edition)

Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but Fashion is clearly visible whether one is a trend setter or follows trends. NBA players used to be incorrectly labeled as Hip-Hop thugs who had no sense of fashion outside of what you may find in a club. However, plenty of players dressed in suits for games before Commissioner David Stern implemented the "Dress Code"; which requires players to wear a jacket and less jewelry to and from games. In order to understand how far we have come when it comes to fashion, we must pay homage to the old school while praising the new school. Hopefully along the way you will learn the Do's and Don't s, even if your favorite player wears it. LoL.

80's
1985 Draft-Karl Malone 1986 Draft-Chuck Persons

Clearly Fashion was all about color in the 80's and these former players differently lived up to the standard. Karl Malone wore 3 different shades of blue and a square tie (never do that) for his big day. Nothing I found topped Chuck Person and his pink and white prom tux that of course included a comber bun.






90's



1991-Larry Johnson 1996-Lottery Picks

The 90's are well represented in these 2 pictures as you have LJ a.k.a Grand-Ma-Ma still holding on to the 80's with a vintage Miami Vice look. But..When you are the #1 overall pick in any draft you kind of get a pass for wearing white pants. The 1996 draft was the one that changed the NBA, it is arguably the best class ever (well maybe the 03 class). This group was headlined by Starbury, KB24, Ray Allen and Allen Iverson. The hood and overall street culture was represented with this class which helped re-launch the NBA into a new era.

2000's
2003 Draft-Lebron James 2005 Draft-Joakim Noah
Lebron clearly took his time picking his suit in anticipation of being the #1 overall pick. The 3 piece gray suit is a classic look no matter which hat you have to put on. Now to my right we have the definition of what NOT to wear in any setting. Joakim Noah chose to wear a Searsucker suit...what is that? Yeah had to ask my pops about that one since it its straight out of the 70's. LoL.



I leave you with a classic cut from Outkast...Enjoy!
We used to crush this in High School..So Fresh and Clean Clean.