{"id":187446,"date":"2025-08-17T16:31:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/wnbas-kate-martin-compares-las-vegas-aces-and-valkyries-style\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:31:49","slug":"wnbas-kate-martin-compares-las-vegas-aces-and-valkyries-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/wnbas-kate-martin-compares-las-vegas-aces-and-valkyries-style\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA\u2019s Kate Martin Compares Las Vegas Aces and Valkyries Style"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kate Martin<\/strong> is a WNBA fan favorite for more reasons than one \u2014 including her ever-evolving fashion sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would definitely say like before coming into the league, I definitely thought you had to dress up every single time and that like it was a lot of pressure, and that stressed me out more than the actual basketball games,\u201d Martin, 25, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I realized, like, really you can make of it like what you want. And definitely the [Las Vegas] Aces players have really good style,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd so, I, you know, I saw a lot of players last year dress up and had really cool outfits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin has more than made a name for herself since being selected as the No. 18 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. The young hooper \u2014 one of Caitlin Clark\u2019s<\/strong> best friends \u2014 joined the Las Vegas Aces last year and immediately began to impress fans both on and off the court.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSarah Stier\/Getty Images; Clive Mason\/Getty Images WNBA star Cameron Brink is a big fan of tennis pro Coco Gauff. Brink, 22, opened up to ESPN about her pregame tunnel outfit ahead of the Los Angeles Sparks vs. Indiana Fever game on Tuesday, May 28, sharing that Gauff, 20, influenced the look. \u201cI\u2019m wearing my little [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In December 2024, Martin was picked up by the Golden State Valkyries as part of the WNBA Expansion Draft. (The newest team in the league filled out its inaugural roster by drafting unprotected players from the rest of the WNBA, in addition to signing several athletes from overseas teams.)<\/p>\n

While there are some players who really lean into the experience of dressing up before games \u2014 including her former Aces teammate A\u2019ja Wilson<\/strong> and current Valkyries teammate Tiffany Hayes<\/strong> \u2014 Martin was thrilled to discover that not everyone puts a ton of emphasis on their game day fits.<\/p>\n

In San Francisco, for example, some of Martin\u2019s teammates \u201ckind of just do whatever\u201d they want in terms of pregame tunnel outfits. \u201cI think that\u2019s what\u2019s cool,\u201d Martin told Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Though the Aces might have rocked impressive fits during her time on the team, Martin pointed to Hayes as someone who has inspired her own sense of creativity and fun when it comes to clothing. Hayes soft-launched her clothing line, Seyah Renara, in 2024.<\/p>\n

Her teammate has \u201cstyled me a couple of times\u201d with pieces from the line, Martin shared, adding that she thinks \u201cit\u2019s really cool that she has pursued this side of fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, she\u2019s not just a basketball player, but you know, an entrepreneur, and it has really cool style,\u201d she continued. \u201cI also think [Washington Mystics player] Alysha Clark\u2019s<\/strong> outfits, especially this year, have been phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin\u2019s own evolving sense of style will continue to make an impact before WNBA games \u2014 and now fans can get in on the fun by replicating her outfits for themselves. Martin, Hayes and teammate Monique Billings<\/strong> have partnered with the online shopping platform Rakuten to make it possible for fans to buy items from their own tunnel fits, bringing the WNBA even more into their homes and lives.<\/p>\n

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