A week into her WNBA career, Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers is playing her first game in her home state of Minnesota on Wednesday night. In celebration, she got a one-of-a-kind outfit from fashion designer Dapper Dan, along with some words of wisdom.
“The best advice that I can give to people is a cautionary thought, and that is, ‘Think closely about what you want to say,'” Dapper Dan told CBS Sports. “People ask me all the time, ‘How do you determine what you are going to wear?’ I say it’s because I always dress for the mission.”
Sherwin Williams
The outfit he designed for Bueckers features a very specific color — Sherwin-Williams’ Radiant Lilac SW 0074. That is officially this year’s least popular color, also known as The Loneliest Color of 2025. Dapper Dan didn’t know this at the beginning of their project, but lilac happens to be Bueckers’ favorite color.
“I don’t really believe in coincidences, so I would say God did it for sure,” Bueckers told CBS Sports.
Being back in Minnesota and wearing an outfit designed by a fashion legend is full-circle moment for Bueckers, not…
