Winter Classic Entrance Gear Declared "Extremely Pacific Northwest"
The latest stories on GQ.com: "Does Every Man Look Better With A Mustache?" "Everybody Looks Sexier In A Black Suit." "12 Menswear Moves To Make In 2024."
And the Seattle Kraken.
Something was fishy with the Kraken from the moment they hopped off the bus at T-Mobile Park.The magazine & website which prides itself on "inspiring men to look sharper and live smarter with unparalleled coverage of style, culture, and beyond," took a liking to the hockey team's Winter Classic entrance duds.
"The players rolled into T-Mobile Park decked out in orange mackinaw wool bibs and matching orange caps," Alex Nino Gheciua's story says, "a nod to the Emerald City’s maritime elements."
Brandon Tanev, our favorite deckhand.
"The Kraken’s bibs, made from 24-oz. wool, are derived from the utilitarian clothing workers wore during those early-1900s booms." Retro, meet fashion forward. "The result is a nautical workwear fit in line with the Steve Zissou energy of the Kraken’s Winter Classic jersey."
GQ concluded the outfits were "extremely Pacific Northwest attire."
GQ recommends a black suit - or orange bib overalls.As to ideas which didn't make the cut, Kraken winger Jordan Eberle revealed, "A lot of them were serious. As we looked in the past, a lot of them were more 'funny-based,' so that's what we went with."
"It's different from suits, that's for sure," admitted Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson. "Guys were talking about not wearing an undershirt," Eberle said, adding a zinger for his press conference partner.
"Lars wore his and it didn't look too good, so we had to switch that."
Eberle told reporters one more reason he didn't want the team to go sans-undershirt. “I thought we’d look like fireman strippers.”
Either Seattle Kraken Jordan Eberle & Adam Larsson, or Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok.There's just one thing the Kraken pair failed to say.
"The Winter Classic blowed up! It blowed up real good!"
