The Suit Sculpture

Dress Code: Fall/Winter 2025

In “The Suit,” delicate bows fasten the ends of the net like a tailored cuff or bow tie, transforming its frayed edges into something formal and composed. The work reflects the era of Michael Jordan, when the NBA was defined by rules, restraint, and the polished image of athletes in tailored suits. Just as the league tightened control over self-expression—banning jewelry on the court and eventually enforcing dress codes beyond it—the bows bind the net into compliance, softening its wildness while signaling discipline and order. Both ornamental and weighty in meaning, the piece evokes how sport was styled into respectability, where appearance became as regulated as performance.

Dress Code: Fall/Winter 2025 is a couture-inspired series of chain basketball nets that reframe the history of style in the NBA as a story of discipline, rebellion, and spectacle. Each net marks a shift in how players navigated appearance and identity under the league’s evolving rules, tracing a lineage from Darryl Dawkins’ gold chains to Russell Westbrook’s front-row presence at Paris Fashion Week.

Together these nets reveal how the court has always been more than a site of sport. It is a stage where identity is contested, rules are enforced, and self-expression finds ways to shine through.

*Each sculpture incorporates reclaimed and archival chains and elements sourced from Lover’s Tempo Jewelry.

The Suit prints are available for purchase here.