Dress Code: Fall/Winter 2025
Jewelry and powder-coated steel
$4200 USD each
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 Hustler opens the collection, draped in gold rope chain that scallops like layered necklaces, glittering with the swagger of Darryl Dawkins and the rise of hip-hop’s embrace of gold as status. Here the net is both chandelier and chain, ornamental yet weighty, carrying the shine and the history of two cultures intertwined.
The Suit follows in tailored precision, bows binding the net into formality. It recalls the Michael Jordan era, when appearance was codified, disciplined, and dressed in suits that embodied professionalism and restraint.
The Answer shifts the collection into defiance, a heavy cascade of silver Cuban links, paper clip chains, and rope chains weighing over fifteen pounds. It honours Allen Iverson, whose unapologetic authenticity — from tattoos to jewelry — unsettled the league’s carefully controlled image and forced the NBA to impose its most sweeping dress code. The piece stands as a gleaming testament to rebellion, where authenticity itself became luxury.
Finally, The Dandy closes the collection like a show-stopping finale. Pearls, gold, and tassels spill in layers that are decadent, flamboyant, and deliberately over-the-top. It channels Russell Westbrook, a figure as comfortable front-row at fashion week beside Anna Wintour as he is on the court, turning the dress code itself into a stage for performance. Playful, gender-bending, and couture in scale, The Dandy revels in excess, proving that even within boundaries, style can flourish wildly.
