Angel Reese brought her love for basketball and fashion to her first cover shoot for Vogue.
The WNBA star, featured on the Winter 2025 cover alongside Olympic gold sprinter Gabby Thomas, revealed her lifelong passion for sports and serving looks. Basketball came naturally to Reese as she continued the legacy of her mother and grandmother in the sport. Fashion followed with Reese, who recalled her love for pretty clothes from her mom’s closet.
“It’s always been both: basketball and fashion,” Reese said.
“But I was a fashion
girlie from young too. Like—let me find this picture my mom sent,” she told writer Maya Singer while digging through her bag for her 5-year-old self wearing a cute pink dress and tiara and flashing a pose at the camera.“I was always in my mom’s closet, putting on her stuff. I liked to carry a purse. Hair done. I wanted to look put together. I still do.”
As for her love for serving fashionable looks when showing up for games, Reese would practice the runway walk she learned from Tyra Banks and her cohorts on America’s Top Model
in her living room.The Chicago Sky rookie is just months away from entering her sophomore season in the WNBA, but she dreams of one day walking the runway as a model. Her focus remains on the game, where she averaged 13.6 points, 13.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.5 blocks in 32.5 minutes per game during the 2024 season.
On the other hand, Thomas is just beginning to
explore the world of fashion, discovering what styles make her feel most confident. After winning gold medals in individual and relay events at the Paris Olympics, Thomas is in high demand for global appearances.es“I’ve been so in athlete-world, I feel like I’m just starting to get a sense of what I like,” Thomas said. “Not that I don’t have my own style. I do, but then I put on something like that white Carolina Herrera dress that I wore to the show, and it’s like, Oh, oh-kaay. Since then, I’ve been doing more ‘pretty’ looks. And more polished. Same with the hair and makeup, I’m growing with that too.”
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