{"id":640784,"date":"2026-05-13T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640784\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:11:19","slug":"azzi-fudd-trades-her-wnba-jersey-for-injury-proof-cargo-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640784\/","title":{"rendered":"Azzi Fudd Trades Her WNBA Jersey for Injury-Proof Cargo Jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t score courtside seats to the Dallas Wings basketball game on May 12. But I had something the in-stadium WNBA<\/a> fans didn’t: a clear view of Azzi Fudd’s slam dunk of a tunnel outfit<\/a>, starring cargo jeans<\/a> worthy of their own trophy.<\/p>\n

A surprise knee injury<\/a> benched the No. 1 WNBA draft pick<\/a> two hours before the Dallas Wings took on Angel Reese<\/a>‘s Atlanta Dream. Thanks to her ’90s-inspired jeans,<\/a> Fudd still won at Arlington’s College Park Center.<\/p>\n

She traded her royal blue Nike<\/a> jersey for low-rise baggy jeans<\/a> outside the locker room. They weren’t your average sky-blue bottoms, though. Additional pockets atop her thighs and knees turned the traditional, low-slung waistband on its head. Each sack was so spacious, Fudd could stuff knee pads or ankle braces inside. Who needs a duffel bag?<\/p>\n

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Azzi Fudd made the most of her injury in cargo jeans during her WNBA tunnel walk.<\/p>\n

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Stylist Sydnee Paige<\/a> leaned into the noughties-ness of it all with the polo shirt trend, courtesy of New York City label PH5<\/a>. The short-sleeve style was mostly chocolate brown<\/a>, before a cobalt blue<\/a> collar showed some Dallas Wings spirit. Crocheted horizontal stripes cascaded down the front and back of her $325 top like flowing water in a stream. The almost-iridescent technique was intercepted by boning along a scalloped, high-low hem, which Fudd could mold to mimic any shape she wanted.<\/p>\n

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The basketball star buttoned-up her polo, popped on blue-tinted sunglasses, and finished with stark white Nike sneakers<\/a>. If anyone can bring back a circa-2016 sneaker trend, it’s Fudd. (Okay, and Hailey Bieber<\/a>, who endorsed the same pair last month.)<\/p>\n


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Fudd only has two Dallas Wings tunnel looks<\/a> under her belt. That’s all she needed to declare herself a pre-game fashion girl to watch. She strutted into Indiana’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 9 and won twice that night\u2014first in a white bra top, a cropped leather jacket, and equally-oversize jeans.<\/p>\n

Fudd reserved cargo-reminiscent pockets for her charcoal gray, Coach Fall 2026 bag<\/a>, which featured kiss-lock coin purses on either end of the east-west<\/a> silhouette. How did she secure an unreleased Coach bag? Fudd’s a brand ambassador and wore a custom Coach dress<\/a> to the 2026 WNBA Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Last weekend, Fudd delivered another jeans outfit for the WNBA look books.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Wings have a 1-1 record right now, but Fudd is 2-0 on the fashion front. It’s unclear when she’ll resume regular playing time. Despite her injury, she’s still supporting her teammates from afar, one tunnel look at a time. Stay tuned for May 14’s home-court game against the Minnesota Lynx. Fudd’s sporty step-and-repeats will continue, whether or not she’s shooting hoops.<\/p>\n

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