“I was freaking out before the Zoom even happened,” says Amoore, who connected with Westbrook and the Honor the Gift team late last year. “I’m not really one to get shy, but I did. Sitting there and having him in front of me, I was like, this is actually unreal right now.” The Ballarat, Australia, native—who played at Virginia Tech before transferring to the University of Kentucky for her final year of eligibility—grew up admiring Westbrook’s game from afar when he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder. “In Australia I didn’t really have too many ESPNs, so whenever [Thunder] games were on, they were the marquee games and he was the marquee player,” she says. “Feeling so far away and now having the chance to work with him is unbelievable.”
When it came to dreaming up her draft look, Amoore left most of the design process up to Westbrook. “I pretty much said I wanted a cropped blazer and a skirt, and from then on, I didn’t know what to expect.”
Westbrook and Honor the Gift landed on a black leather blazer with white-stich floral embroidery—cropped to Amoore’s liking—paired with a matching mini skirt. “We didn’t want to go too crazy, but also wanted to give her a little bit of swagger for one of the biggest moments and nights of her life,” Westbrook says.
Amoore will wear the skirt suit with a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Honor Women,” a piece available to shop from the LA-based brand. “While Georgia’s draft outfit is this aspirational, one-of-a-kind look, the T-shirts are the attainable element of our collaboration,” Westbrook explains. “They’re how fans can connect with this moment and carry this message forward.” And what is that message? “It’s a statement about how I was raised and how I live my life,” Westbrook says. “My mom taught me about strength and sacrifice. My wife shows me what true partnership looks like. And now having daughters, I’m even more committed to creating a world that honors and respects women.”