Amar'e Stoudemire made a name for himself on the basketball courts as Knick and off the courts as a fashionisto. He is as known for his skills on the court as he is known off the court for his fashion sense. Paper mag's David Hershkovits sits down with the fashionable baller to chat about the past year and the coming year.
When he's not on the basketball court playing for the New York Knicks, stylish NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire is making the rounds at runway shows, sitting in the front row with fashion elite like Anna Wintour. The pair have clearly hit it off, because the Vogue editor-in-chief improbably teamed Stoudemire with editor Hamish Bowles for a story and photo spread in the magazine's April 2011 issue. Stoudemire, who recently teamed with Nike and their "Always On" video ad campaign, was out and about Monday night to premier his video at 21 Mercer streaming live performances by Vado, Stalley, Jesse Boykins III and French Montana. Gracious and soft-spoken, the 6'11 specimen of manly pulchritude is a complex figure who's overcome the early death of his father and an often absent mother to become an NBA all-star. We caught up with him the night before his video premiere to talk fashion, acting, agriculture and his year with the Knicks.[Paper]
