{"id":787696,"date":"2026-07-27T17:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787696\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:38:18","slug":"gabby-williams-gets-ready-for-the-2026-wnba-all-star-weekend-with-steve-lacy-and-a-glass-of-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787696\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Williams Gets Ready for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend With Steve Lacy and a Glass of Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams<\/a> was supposed to be off for two days when she got called into the gym. \u201cI was like, What do they want me to come to the gym for?\u201d<\/p>\n

Valkyries guard Kaitlyn Chen and general manager Ohemaa Nyanin were waiting to greet Williams with exciting news: she had made the 2026 WNBA All-Star team. Williams\u2019s first thought? \u201cI couldn\u2019t wait to tell the whole team because I felt like it\u2019s something that isn\u2019t just my accomplishment,\u201d she says. \u201cI was able to get there because of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

All-Star Weekend was something of a homecoming for Williams, who used to play for the Chicago Sky. In a perfect world, Williams and her partner, New York Liberty guard Marine Johann\u00e8s, would have stopped by the city\u2019s F1 arcade. But realistically, she knew she wouldn\u2019t have much free time. Still, \u201cI hope that I can go out by the water, maybe go on a rooftop, at least just have the nice, famous Chicago views,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The first stop for the weekend, however, was the orange carpet. Williams prefers to do her own makeup for events. On game days, she likes to lay out her tunnel \u2019fit before she takes a nap to recharge. But this calls for a slight diversion in her pre-game routine. \u201cMaybe [I\u2019ll have] wine because I\u2019m going to be nervous,\u201d she says. A good playlist also helps her get into the zone: \u201cSteve Lacy just dropped his new album. I\u2019ve been listening to that a lot,\u201d she says. Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Madonna\u2019s Confessions II are also queued up.<\/p>\n

As for her look, Williams turned to her stylist, Mariah Keopple<\/a>\u2014herself a professional hockey player. Williams chose to wear one of Keopple\u2019s own pieces for the orange carpet, a black resin corset and a high-waisted skirt with a dramatic, billowing train.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of her pieces were for athletes\u2014bigger shoulders, littler waists, muscular legs\u2014and she\u2019s found a way to find what goes well with these body types. It\u2019s nice because she can try it on because our bodies are so similar, which is very rare,\u201d Williams says. \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018This is how it looks on me. I think it\u2019ll look like this on you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Below, the Golden State Valkyries\u2019 Gabby Williams brings Vogue along as she gets ready for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n