Making a Fashion Statement on WNBA Draft Day
April 7, 2009 by jane
Filed under Basketball, College Basketball, Pretty Chic, Pretty Hot, WNBA
With this year’s collegiate basketball season over (congrats UConn), and the 2009 WNBA Draft taking place on Thursday, April 9, rookie players are facing a lot of pressure. Sure, there’s the question of which player gets picked by which team. But equally important is what to wear on the big day? It’s a decision that each player attending the draft must make.
Fifteen of the top women’s basketball prospects have been invited to this year’s Draft. The list is highlighted by Renee Montgomery (Connecticut), Courtney and Ashley Paris (Oklahoma), Angel McCoughtry (Louisville), Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman (Maryland) and Kia Vaughn (Rutgers).
Do the players keep their Draft Day outfits simple or try to make a statement? Do they go with a dress or a suit? If they go with a suit, do they wear pants or a skirt? WNBA players have many options when putting their draft-day outfit together and through the years have shown their style with much success.
Last year, Candace Parker got things started in the right direction with her all-white pant suit. Any coincidence that a phenom from the NBA named LeBron James also wore all white on Draft day?
Perhaps the biggest fashion statement of last year’s draft came from No. 2 pick Sylvia Fowles (photo), who topped off her black pants, white shirt and black vest with a black fedora hat. Pretty Tough? You bet!
Making the right fashion choice can help make players’ memories of draft day all the better. They should smile – not cringe – when they look back at the photos from such an important day, so choosing an outfit wisely is of utmost importance.
Read what players have said in the past about their fashion choices and get all the deets about this year’s draft at WNBA.com.
Good luck to all (on the fashion choices as well as the draft picks)!
