Before the 2025 NBA All-Star Championship tipped off, the weekend wound down with a delightful display of league fits that had it all: fur, floods, sweats, shades, bling, basics, and all sorts of bags and kicks.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown added to the mix Sunday night, walking the All-Star tunnel with completely different approaches to fashion, yet together told a compelling story of contrast, balance, and duality. The fits fell on opposite sides of a spectrum, but the Jays strutted in lockstep.

Tatum, ever the polished professional, arrived wrapped in an impeccably tailored espresso brown suit with a precise waistline that sharpened his silhouette. Not overly formal, not casual — Tatum appeared clean, refined, and ready. His look carried the energy of someone stepping into a moment: a six-time All-Star, a franchise face, a father, and a player embracing the weight of expectations with composure.

Brown took a different tack, leaning into his brand of bold, intentional style — layered, nuanced, and telling a story. Loose and evocative, Brown assembled what could be interpreted as a military-inspired ensemble with varying shades of fatigue green and structural layering. It was a uniform fit for a fashion battle.

Color played a big role for Brown throughout the weekend, using the event’s publicity to promote a new colorway from his performance clothing line, its first non-neutral.

Brown completed the fit with red-tinted glasses that amplified the green carrying a hard-shell suitcase reminiscent of a field repair kit that turned out to be a carrying case for his sneakers. 

If Tatum’s look was about exuding power through luxury, Brown’s was about commanding attention through concept and message. Like complementary colors, their individual styles heighten one another. Their aesthetics, much like their games, push and pull, creating something bigger than the sum of their parts. A contrast, yet a balance. One refined, one raw. One corporate, one rebellious, together defining an era for the Celtics and for the league at large.