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TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning’s<\/a> coaching staff turned heads with their outfits at the NHL <\/a>Stadium Series.<\/p>\n The outdoor hockey game at Raymond James Stadium in February was coded with themes of Tampa’s<\/a> culture.<\/p>\n The Lightning’s coaches weren’t dressed in their traditional suits, but rather, in suits that were a nod to the history of Ybor City<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ: Former Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier suing Lakeland ice-skating arena<\/a><\/p>\n Their carefully curated looks were brought to life by David Kahn, the owner of Bespoke & Co.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Kahn opened Bespoke & Co. in South Tampa in 2007.<\/p>\n “Everything that we do is custom-made, so from the fabric, to the silhouettes, to the buttons and threads, linings,” Kahn said.<\/p>\n Kahn found his passion for design when he was young. As he began his career in New York<\/a> City, he found a niche in custom clothing.<\/p>\n “It’s hard for a professional athlete to simply buy off the rack,” Kahn said. “And it was actually when I was at BOSS, and a few baseball players came in, and we couldn’t fit them. I thought, \u2018You know what? I need to do something a little different.\u2019”<\/p>\n When Kahn moved to Tampa and opened Bespoke & Co., he began working with professional athletes and other high-profile clients.<\/p>\n “Jon walked in one day, one afternoon,” Kahn said. “He just came in off the street.”<\/p>\n Kahn got a surprise visit one day, years ago from\u00a0Lightning head coach Jon Cooper. From that moment on, the two developed a relationship.<\/p>\n Many of the outfits you see Cooper wearing down on the bench were designed by Kahn. Over time, he also began styling many of the Lightning players off the ice.<\/p>\n “They’re larger than life, but you forget, they’re in their 20s and 30s,” Kahn said. “So, as I’m in my 60s, I’m like a dad to a couple of them.”<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n A few weeks before the NHL Stadium Series, where the Lightning was set to play the Boston Bruins in the outdoor hockey game at Raymond James Stadium, Kahn got a text from Cooper.<\/p>\n “He sent me a text with some images and said, \u2018Can you do this?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Yeah, absolutely I can. You know, I’m up for the challenge all the time,\u2019” he said.<\/p>\n Kahn says he was asked to style Cooper and his coaching staff for the game.<\/p>\n The gears immediately began turning, as Kahn got to work to design and style custom suits for each coach.<\/p>\n In about four weeks, Kahn turned two swatches and a few inspiration photos into custom suits that Cooper and his coaches debuted on the “red carpet” entrance onto the ice.<\/p>\n “I think it was really trying to show the brand of Tampa,” Kahn said. “You know, the Cigar City brand and old Tampa, mafia-style zoot suits.”<\/p>\n After a comeback win against the Bruins, Cooper was first asked about his outfit during a postgame press conference.<\/p>\n “It was a little tip of the cap, no pun intended to the heritage of Tampa,” Cooper said. “And our staff, we’ve been known to hit Ybor City a little bit and smoke some cigars as a little staff outing.”<\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n Kahn was at the game to see his finished products shown off on the ice.<\/p>\n Courtesy: Tampa Bay Lightning <\/p>\n “I think it was really showing that there was a team camaraderie that they had as a group,” Kahn said. “That was pretty special.”<\/p>\n Kahn has designed and styled some memorable looks over the years for numerous special clients, but he says this project rises to the top.<\/p>\n “I have my favorites along the way, but this will definitely be, you know, a picture on the wall of fame,” Kahn said.<\/p>\n Kahn also works with a number of players and staff on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story was gathered from interviews with the owner of Bespoke & Co. in Tampa.<\/p>\n Tampa<\/a>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Tampa Bay Lightning TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning’s coaching staff turned heads with their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,9662,115,5691,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-178584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-lightning","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/vlcsnap-2026-03-04-19h03m26s675.png\")
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