{"id":416453,"date":"2026-01-19T08:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/416453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:54:27","slug":"all-the-red-carpet-looks-from-the-2025-wnba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/416453\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Red Carpet Looks From the 2025 WNBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just over a week after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/the-real-march-madness-winners-these-ncaa-womens-basketball-coaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March Madness<\/a> championship ended in a UConn victory, we had even more women\u2019s basketball excitement to tide us over: the 2025 WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>UConn\u2019s star player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/paige-bueckers-new-york-fashion-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> was among the aspiring professionals who appeared at the draft at The Shed in New York City. (She, along with other WNBA-hopefuls, kicked off the morning strong by lighting the Empire State Building.) Bueckers was the evening\u2019s first pick, drafted to the Dallas Wings. But, while many eyes were on Bueckers, there are plenty more WNBA-hopefuls to keep tabs on, Hailey Van Lith, Georgia Amoore, and Kiki Iriafen among them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/2024-wnba-draft-fashion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The 2024 draft<\/a> inducted Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, and Vogue cover star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/how-sports-and-fashion-fell-in-love-angel-reese-gabby-thomas-frances-tiafoe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese<\/a> into the WNBA. Not only were we in awe of their talents, we were also impressed by their fashion prowess. Clark was dressed by Prada in a white skirt set with a rhinestone top for the occasion, while Reese opted for a metallic silver hooded Bronx and Banco dress.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s class followed suit. While some draftees kept it classic, others were more experimental. Van Lith leaned into the feminine in a Coach minidress, while Bueckers opted for a three-piece suit by the brand\u2014later changing into a Louis Vuitton look. Aziaha James went hardware-heavy, her short suit laden with safety pins, chains, and pearls. Meanwhile, Saniya Rivers used her purse to send a message, \u201cThe WNBA been poppin\u201d painted on her bag. One early fashion standout came from Amoore, dressed in a black Honor the Gift skirt suit with floral embroidery, styled for the occasion by none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/life-in-looks-with-russell-westbrook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russell Westbrook<\/a>. \u201cThis has never happened before\u2014no athlete has ever dressed another athlete for a draft, let alone an NBA player designing for a WNBA Draft,\u201d the Denver Nuggets point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/russell-westbrook-georgia-amoore-2025-wnba-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Vogue<\/a>\u2019s Leah Faye Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Below, see all the looks from the 2025 WNBA Draft at The Shed in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just over a week after the March Madness championship ended in a UConn victory, we had even more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-416453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}