Dozens of current and former NFL wives gathered in San Francisco Friday, holding a charity scene celebrating fashion, family and philanthropy.
This is one of the most celebrated pre-game get togethers of the Super Bowl weekend; a celebration centered not around the football players but their NFL wives.
“We do a lot we do a lot baby honestly it’s great for our husbands to come and support us in this time because a lot of times we’re the ones keeping it out together while they’re just focused on the field,” Ashley Peterson, wife of former NFL Player Adrian Peterson said.
The off the field NFL Wives Association hosted their 25th annual charity fashion show, an event aimed at celebrating a special sisterhood and raising money for a good cause.
The wives planned to raise a million dollars for the San Francisco & Oakland Boys and Girls club.
“I think this is like the Super Bowl for them essentially because they work all year throughout various events, but this is the biggest one that they really take a lot of pride in,” Everette Brown, former Carolina Panthers defensive end, said.
“Our wives are gonna be modeling. It’s about us. It’s not about the players,” Tenisha Patterson Brown with Off The Field NFL Wives Association said.
Hosted by wrestler Charlotte Flair and Comedian Godfrey NFL, wives and their friends and family cheered as the women walked the runway modeling some cool hip fits.
“They do have a tough job. I’d say, the hardest job. And getting back to the community and building their own legacy I think women can do it all,” Charlotee Flair, WWE Wrestler, said.
“It’s just very important to support your sisterhood. These women go through a lot and it’s like it’s a secret society,” Kijafa Vick, wife of a former NFL player, said.
The husbands got in on the action too, even some Hall of Famers strutted down the fashion runway. But players say the wives are the real MVPs.
“As players having that support system the wives they’re along that journey every step of the way they’re that real true support system to help players become successful when there’s the ups and downs they’re there,” said Grant Irons, former Raiders player.