As the WNBA continues to evolve, so has its stance on pregame dress codes.

In a league where personality and creativity were once muted and players leaned toward wearing mostly formal, business-like attire, the WNBA’s stars are making a simple walk into the arena into a fashion showcase that displays the variety, character and daring of their clothing choices.

“We used to get fined if we had ripped jeans on,” former Mercury superstar Diana Taurasi told the Ringer. “On road trips you had to, you know, be dressed in slacks and penny loafers and a button-up.”

With freedom of expression now encouraged, WNBA pregame tunnel walks have essentially become the WNBA’s red carpet, allowing the league’s players, including the Mercury, to shine on and off the court.

Those fashion statements wil

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