Karl-Anthony Towns Wore Championship Season in Leather

Some pieces show up for the moment, and some pieces become the moment. When W Magazine sat down with Karl-Anthony Towns for its Originals portfolio, the Knicks big man came dressed like a man who knows exactly what he helped build this year: a black Pelle Pelle leather jacket with New York stitched across the chest, the Knicks crest on the shoulder, Eastern Conference lettering wrapped down the sleeve, and our signature Marc Buchanan patch right where it belongs.
Shot in clean black and white, the portrait does what great leather always does. It lets the craftsmanship talk. 

Every embroidered letter, every raised crest, every layer of detail catches the light, and Towns wears it the way it was meant to be worn, relaxed, confident, Yankees fitted tipped low, a man who just made history and is already thinking about what comes next.

That's the energy of the whole feature. Towns opens up about the bond inside that Knicks locker room, calling the team "a family unit," and says the real prize of the championship run was the brotherhood behind it. He also admits he's feeling the pressure of what's ahead, which honestly is the most New York thing about him. This city doesn't let you rest on a ring. It asks what you're doing for an encore.

For Pelle Pelle, seeing our leather in this conversation feels like full circle. For decades, Pelle has dressed the people who make culture move, from the corner to the court to the concert stage. Our jackets have always been about presence, about walking into a room and letting people know who you are before you say a word. This season, New York basketball gave the whole city something to wear proudly again, and it's only right that one of the players who brought it home chose Pelle to tell that story.

The feature covers plenty of ground beyond the court too. Towns talks about his cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2, proving the Knicks have officially entered their fashion era (Miranda Priestly would approve, and that's all). He also shares why his wife Jordyn Woods' orange clutch might just be the luckiest bag in the city. Between the film, the style moments, and the championship, Towns is having the kind of year most people only see in movies.
And through it all, he's dressed in leather that carries the same message as his season: built in New York spirit, made to last, and impossible to ignore.
Championships fade into highlight reels. Great leather lives forever. Karl-Anthony Towns just gave us both.

Read the full story at W Magazine, and shop the Pelle Pelle leather collection to wear your own piece of the moment.