Stephen Curry is universally respected for consistently dominating the hardwood across his decade-long career. Stephen Curry is not so universally respected for his personal style. It’s not that he doesn’t have any, it’s just that Steph doesn’t come to flex in the same way as some of his NBA peers, and that’s okay.
Well, that was the case last month. Now, Steph Curry is an objectively fashionable dude and his brief stay in NYC is proof.
Thanks to stylists John Mumblo and Jason Bolden, Curry has been turning up around town in some appreciably slick looks while promoting Underrated, his biographic Apple TV+ documentary .
Highlights include a rare tweed READYMADE x Denim Tears cotton wreath jacket, an effortless Homme Plissé Issey Miyake suit, and a — gulp — quiet luxury look that pairs a T-shirt from The Row with baggy slacks from Californian label Second/Layer.
Hey, quiet luxury may be the buzzword of the day but when it looks good, it looks good and Steph Curry is pulling it all off with aplomb.
Remember that Curry’s somehow nailing these layered outfits while it’s 85°F+ and humid in New York every day and that the proportions have to flatter his lanky frame, which is easier than it sounds. Steph Curry ain’t the tallest NBA player out there but that doesn’t make it less difficult to find clothes that fit as they should.
Prior to this outing, Curry’s off-court looks weren’t much to right home about. He received some deserved buzz for supporting Black-owned brands in 2022 but otherwise mostly goes under the radar in a typically casual look.
Like I said up top, nothing wrong with that but you wanna see these guys dig deep and do something with clothes. It’s not like they don’t have the cash for it.
You can’t buy style, though, as many of Curry’s peers have demonstrated. But there’s no mistaking the NBA players with taste.
The terminally stylish Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, for instance, is synonymous with pitch-perfect ‘fits and has translated his innate style to front-row Fashion Week appearances and fashion editorials. LaMelo Ball, well, maybe not so much.
They can’t all be bangers, of course, but you gotta love a dude who tries. Kyle Kuzma has dished plenty of hits and misses alike and I’m glad that he keeps swinging.
The best part of Steph Curry’s recent fits, though, is that it doesn’t even really look like he’s trying.
All three of Curry’s outfits look entirely organic and unaffected, like he just tossed it all on and didn’t think too hard.
Even if that’s miles away from the truth — Curry and his stylists presumably had several back-and-forths about clothes, colors, fabrics, and brands before getting together for some fittings — it’s the appearance of effortlessness, the dialed-in fit that makes it work.
This all bodes well for the future of Curry’s wardrobe. The only problem is that this just opens up an entirely new venue for Steph Curry to dominate.