Skip links

Paige Bueckers Says Fashion Is Art But So Is Basketball

Paige Bueckers made her Met Gala debut in a custom Coach look. The WNBA superstar wore a black suit splattered with paint and adorned with Swarovski crystals to fit the theme “Costume Art” and the dress code “Fashion Is Art.”

“For me, it was less about specific artworks and more about the artists themselves — their studios, their working clothes, the way things build up over time,” Coach Creative Director Stuart Vevers tells Teen Vogue about Bueckers look. “We kept coming back to those layers of paint, the splatters and smudges that aren’t intentional but become part of the piece. There’s something very alive in that — the energy, the imperfection, the sense of history. It felt honest.”

Read more (via Teen Vogue)