NBA Fashion Talks, E02: unpacking the outfits of Montrezl Harrell and Jaren Jackson Jr. An interview with Mary Francis and Toni Lowe, stylists of the two NBA players

In the first episode of NBA Fashion Talks, Toreno Winn and London Wilmot explained their creative processes, their modus operandi and the particularities that make the relationship between fashion and NBA players unique. Stylists of Kyle Kuzma and Danny Green answered the question "How do you create the style of an NBA player?" starting from the idea that fashion is increasingly a tool available to players to build a more personal image off the court.

We asked the same question, but the interlocutors change. In the second part of the immersion in the NBA tunnel, the new guides are Mary Francis e Toni Lowe, stylists respectively of Montrezl Harrell from the LA glamour and Jaren Jackson Jr. from the cold of Tennessee but with the soul of New Jersey. Two different ideas of conceiving the style for two different players, united only and exclusively by the role on the hardwood.

Montrezl Harrell

As with many NBA players, looking at the past - intended as the rookie year - and the present at a stylistic level can be a trauma. As with Chris Andersen, who represents the extreme part of this concept, Harrell also entered aesthetically very clean in the League, while now he is one of the NBA trendsetters whose style lights up the arena tunnel - and the "2020-21 Trezz tunnel tour" jersey is clear.

The NBA Fashion Talks have helped to bring to light the work of those who create and remain in the shadows, of those who inspire, dress and live fashion every day to offer the show of the NBA tunnel. Mary Francis and Toni Lowe, as well as Toreno Winn and London Wilmot, are examples of how the NBA is an organization that leaves nothing to chance and how players use the link with fashion to create a personal and different image that emerges on court. As Toni Lowe rightly remembers "fashion is more than just clothes, it can be used as a tool to establish a player’s image off the court".