S78 PT #3: Dress to Impress
Due: Sunday, September 1st @ 11:59 PM PST
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Allegiant
Historian S3, S28, S36, S38, S41, S43, S47 Challenge Cup Champion
Written Option 2
In the early 2000s, Allen Iverson largely shattered the formal-wear expectation in the NBA, beginning a wave of players dressing how they wanted to dress, expressing themselves, and overall really being able to promote their own unique images. Some of it has been good, with memorable fashion, and some of it has been bad with ... other memorable fashion. Although Weston Windsor is having an off year and doesn't quite have the overall experience or star-power of someone like Iverson, he nonetheless has sought to follow in the shoes of the NBA rather than the pro hockey leagues that the SHL itself tends to reflect. Though not all of his teammates are enthused by his choices, Weston tends towards a more casual style, eschewing the suits in favour of jeans or shorts, and either a t-shirt or a hoodie. Though it's prompted some to label him a 'bum', and more than a couple notable old head hockey personalities have condemned him as lazy, the style has allowed him to more or less provide running shout-outs to causes he cares about, or past players he respects, or even media he's consuming. Maybe he's breaking the unwritten rules of hockey, but when he shows up to the rink to compete and draws the ire of local media, that cause on the front of his shirt is front and centre for all to see. |
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