New icon alert: DeAndre Hopkins wins ‘Monday Night Football’ fashion game
There’s a new style sheriff at Arrowhead, and his name is DeAndre Hopkins.
The new Chiefs wide receiver won “Monday Night Football” before he even suited up.
Hopkins, in only his second game with the team, made his first pre-game runway appearance at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in silvery-gray drawstring baggy pants of a techno fabric with a long, matching jacket spare of decoration except for a black zipper down the front.
Clearly his “era” is clean and fresh.
“D-Hop’s Chiefs Era is a vibe,” proclaimed the football style watcher Blitzfits on X.
Hopkins, who was acquired on Oct. 23 in a trade with the Tennessee Titans, has been interested in fashion from a young age and has talked of designing his own line of men’s and women’s apparel.
A few years ago he described to GQ how he would strut through his South Carolina neighborhood wearing his Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren clothes, so much so that people called him “Ralph” because he wore so much Polo gear.
He has learned the value of making a stylish stadium entrance, wrote GQ, which dubbed him the NFL’s most underrated dresser in 2019.
With drippy fall weather upon us, players arrived swaddled in sweat suits and jackets, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce.
Mahomes traded in the khaki zookeeper uniform he wore on Halloween with the kids.
Kelce looked sharp in a brown Bottega Veneta cotton frise blouson jacket, according to the Style by Kelce site which says it retails for $3,350, and leather wide leg trousers (a cool $6,000 price tag).
That website said Kelce had Nike x Doernbecher Air Jordan 9 Retro DB ‘Doernbecher’ Sneakers, continuing a trend of wearing Air Jordans to Chiefs games.
Chris Jones dressed for warmth in an off-white Moncler parka ($3,580) of techno fabric with a brand logo and hood.
Is it just us, or did defensive tackle Mike Pennel., in a long, dark winter jacket, call to mind Judd Nelson in the classic, final scene of “The Breakfast Club”? (If only he had raised his fist in the air.)
All the casual looks made players like Xavier Worthy, who arrived in a powder blue suit, stand out all the more.
Hands down, the best accessory of the night belonged to long snapper James Winchester, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma who wore a beaded necklace bearing his name and jersey number, 41.
The Monday night match-up was the designated game for the team’s celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.
Winchester and Creed Humphrey, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, also in Oklahoma, spoke about the importance of their heritage in a video posted on the Chiefs website.
Humphrey continued his season-long trend of wearing a “This Is My Shirt” tee to Chiefs games.
As one fan playfully noted, the Chiefs haven’t lost this season when Humphrey has worn that shirt.
Kicker Harrison Butker has showed a similar consistency. While he hasn’t worn the exact same look to each game, he always is in a suit and tie.
And finally, rookie Carson Steele donned jeans and a sweater on a chilly, raining evening in Kansas City.
This story was originally published November 4, 2024 at 7:17 PM.
