Allure: Is there a beauty trend that you wish would go away?
Bueckers: That’s so hard because everybody has their own things that they love to do. And personally I might not do it, but it’s their thing. Just like some people would not dye their hair pink, but I do. That’s how I express myself. I feel like everybody expresses themselves in their own way, and who am I to judge?
Allure: You seem to also love expressing yourself through fashion. Would you rather match your glam to your fit or match your fit to your glam?
Bueckers: I usually have my outfit picked first and then based on that—how my shirt is looking or how if I have a collar or not—then I do my hair. Should I put it up or should I put it down? Makeup-wise, I’ve always gone with the natural look. I haven’t really gone too much outside of that. But the fit first and then the glam is how I do it.
Allure: Is there anyone who has influenced your relationship with fashion and beauty on or off the court?
Bueckers: For me it’s [incredible] to see how much the WNBA has really embraced the fashion aspect. The walk that you do before the game—the tunnel fits—the WNBA has not shied away from it. They really embraced [players] expressing themselves in the way that they walk, and in what they wear. Diamond DeShields [who plays for Chicago Sky] is a huge fashion inspo—and Arike Ogunbowale [of the Dallas Wings] and Natasha Cloud [of the Phoenix Mercury].
On the men’s side it’s Kyle Kuzma [who plays for the Washington Wizards] and Russell Westbrook [of the Denver Nuggets] because they wear things that people on Twitter are going to clown them for… but they’re comfortable with being uncomfortable, trying different things and not necessarily going with the trends and what everybody [else is doing]. They feel confident enough to put it out there and they don’t care about other people’s opinions. They don’t care about getting judged. That’s something that I want to embody.
So [in general] I would say I’m inspired by the people who are carefree and do and wear what they want and don’t care about anybody judging them or anybody else’s opinions.