- [Interviewer] These are really rare, right?
- Those are, those are friends and family of the sole flaw.
- [Interviewer] How'd you get them? Friends and F-
- Friends and family.
[laughing]
I'm a friend of family.
What's up everybody?
It's P.J. Tucker.
Today, we're going to take a look at my style history.
- [Interviewer] How have you seen since your rookie year
to now, the evolution of fashion in the NBA?
- Wow, it's crazy because people think
it's just now really starting, like no guys.
Even back then, we used to get dressed.
Morris Peterson was one of my OGs my rookie year
and Mo would get dressed every game.
Like he put on clothes. Watching Cuttino Mobley,
you wear suits and like guys got dressed,
but just to run cameras. There was no Instagram.
So, people weren't paying attention back then.
- [Interviewer] Let's kick it off with this look.
- Yeah, the sneaker king award.
Literally got that suit just for those shoes.
I had been looking for those shoes forever
and once I finally found them,
I found a suit to go with them.
- [Interviewer] So, you found the sneaker and then you said,
I need a-
- I wanna do a suit, like yeah.
To play with the colors, you know, kind of a summery,
just untucked, just very relaxed chill.
It was burning up in LA.
[laughing]
So, I remember like just wearing something really chill.
- [Interviewer] Do you feel pressure to wear
the right sneakers for the occasion?
[laughing]
- Nah, I just do me. This is the energy
of whatever I'm at. My mood is kind of how,
you know, it was going to reflect my clothes that time.
You know, it's just purely based off how I'm feeling.
It's constantly seeking something new,
always looking for something innovative and different.
- [Interviewer] This look, I love.
It gives me like Angus Young AC/DC vibes
with the school boy blazer.
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] And shorts.
- I remember when I first seen it,
I knew like that was when I was 100% getting
and I could break it up.
Like you can break that up and wear the shorts
with something else and the jacket with something else.
So, this is a fun fit.
- [Interviewer] And then your game time sneakers in hand,
why you start bringing your sneakers in like that?
And also what are these sneakers right here?
- Those are Flu Game 12's. Those are classic.
Most people thought it was like me trying
to show off my shoes and honestly it started out just being
bringing my shoes to the game.
Ever since there's been a P.J. Tucker,
I guess there's been sneaker... love for sneakers.
Like I've always done it.
I love to hear my mom talking about it
because she's such a big part
of me being in the shoes like that.
She would literally wake up at 5:00 AM to take me to go get
these shoes and they'd only have one 14,
because I've been wearing a 14 since I was 14.
So, I got to get there, I got- it's only one pair.
So, I got to be first in line to make sure I get that 14.
So, she did it. She did it all.
Like whatever I wanted to do with it,
she knew how much I loved it.
- [Interviewer] How big is your, your closet at home?
- Well, I have a shoe house now.
So, I transformed into a shoe house once I was in Houston.
Yeah, I bought a house just to put my shoes on.
- [Interviewer] You got a house just to put your shoes in?
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] How big is the house?
- It's a loft, it's like almost 4,000 square feet.
- [Interviewer] How many pairs of shoes do you have
in there?
- No idea, I've never counted.
- [Interviewer] If we went in and counted,
you think we'd hit a thousand?
- Easily.
- [Interviewer] What do you got going on here?
- The Gucci jacket, Tom Ford tee, Hermès belt,
with the Christian Louboutin all patent leather sneaker.
I remember that day just being like,
I don't feel like really getting dressed
and it was just easy.
I seen that jacket soon as I walked in my closet
and just pieced it together, like on spot real fast.
I think I was like running late for the game.
It was just one of those days.
- [Interviewer] These sneakers in hand,
the Rip Hamilton Rip City kicks, custom and extremely rare.
One of our sneakerheads was like, "he shouldn't have those,
but he does." So, how did you get them?
- I can't say I got them,
but peas were my thing back in the day when I was young.
So, I would do everything to find all these shoes and guys
would just have them.
And I talked to Rip a bunch of times about getting
this stuff all the time. He all, he be like, dang,
that's crazy.
- [Interviewer] So, did Rip give you these?
- No, no he didn't.
- [Interviewer] Did anyone to ask you
for these sneakers afterwards? Were they like, yo,
where'd you get those? I gotta cop those.
- No, they know that like, that's one of those ones.
Like, you know, it's not a lot of those.
[laughing]
- [Interviewer] So, what have we got going on here?
- The Loewe sweatsuit, with the Sean Wotherspoon air maxes,
and the the Kith Pippens. Oh, I love those.
- [Interviewer] If you wear a pair of sneakers in the game,
is it a one and done for the season and then you bring it
back later or do you play in them multiple times?
- More times than not, I'm one and done. Some get reworn
if I love the shoe.
- [Interviewer] You don't need to break them in.
You don't feel like-
- No.
- [Interviewer] you need to-
- I break them in in warmups and then they're ready to go.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk about this look.
- Yeah, I was going skiing and after the game, it's great.
- [Interviewer] Were you really?
- No.
[laughing]
Just like a Christmas vibe, you know?
Well I wore it, because I was wearing moon boots.
I love those. I got them early.
So, it was dope to be able to wear those on Christmas day.
- [Interviewer] Tell us about these,
these Stewie Griffins, right?
- Ooh, Yeah. That was a big deal.
Like, cause that shoe took so long to find.
And even when I found it the way to deal with doubt,
to be able to get them was super extra and crazy
and can't tell the story though.
I can't tell the story.
I can't. The measures I went through to get those is unreal,
but it was worth it because that shoe is untouchable.
- [Interviewer] How do you get these rare sneakers?
Do you have a sneaker plug as well?
[laughing]
- The number one question.
- [Interviewer] Yeah.
- I just find them man.
That was Christmas day, I think.
- [Interviewer] Uh, yeah.
- A couple of years ago it was a Bode jacket,
one of my favorite designers.
- [Interviewer] Do you ever go into her store?
- I was just there about 12 hours ago.
What I got on right now.
- [Interviewer] And then these shoes right here.
Are these Wahlburger, the Mark Wahlberg Wahlburger shoes?
- Those are the Walberger Jordan Force trying
to find a 14 in those is impossible.
People told me they didn't make a 14.
I know Jimmy has relationship with Mark,
so I was like trying to find out if he had them.
He only had a... he had a 13, too.
I was like, maybe they didn't make a 14.
And literally like the next week,
another connection with somebody I know
that knows somebody and I found them.
Another Bode look with the off-white Jordan 1's
and the Fresh Prince. It was crazy too, again,
I heard it was only 23 pair
and I heard they didn't make it 14.
So, it was like,
[blows raspberry]
and then sure enough, it comes to sample. So, I was 14.
- [Interviewer] All right, we'll move on to here.
This is March, 2016.
- That was kind of like my look back then, like, you know,
the button-up with the Chino, the Jean jacket,
like that was like, that was definitely big.
I still like it, it's just a clean game fit, you know,
always have got dress up games.
I feel like you're going to work. Look your best,
you play your best.
And it's just kind of a mindset.
That is Yeezy 2, that year I wore that shoe
so many times and all the different colors.
They still one of my top five shoes ever.
And those headphones, those Fendi Beats by Dre.
It's like the special leather. I still wear those.
I love those. This my favorite headphones.
- [Interviewer] So, here's the question about these,
there's a cord on them-
- Yes and I still rock the cord. Yes, 1000%.
- [Interviewer] Back then, five years ago,
were you styling yourself or did you have a stylist?
- 1000%, I've always styled myself.
I've never had an actual stylist.
I have people I work with to help me, you know,
source things and help me out creatively where I'm at
and what I'm doing.
But, I do my own shopping and style myself.
Oh, yeah. The balenciaga jacket shearling.
It's actually inside out,
like that's the inside of the coat.
- [Interviewer] Really?
- Yeah. So, it's not supposed to go that way.
It's not really a true inside out, like, look but I made it.
I just flipped it. I was like, I gotta wear it out.
The inside is too dope.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, you can see it right there.
- You can see it? Yeah, it doesn't flip like,
you can't zip it up on the other side.
- [Interviewer] And then you got the headphones still.
- That, I told you, those headphones are dope.
And then the Tokyo 5's are pretty sought after.
It took me a while to find those in my size. But once I did,
I had to get hooped in.
That's a runway Dsquared jacket that I had to have.
I like, we had to send a bunch of emails and bunch of things
to be able to get that jacket for the timing.
I matched it with the Craig Sager Air Force 1's,
which is probably my favorite Air Force 1 ever.
The design on those are so crazy and it's such a good cause.
You know, obviously for Craig Sager.
My favorite basketball shoe of all time, Kobe 4.
- [Interviewer] Do you try to match the sneakers
that you're going to wear with the outfit
that you're going to wear?
- I really don't.
I literally just have them,
cause I was wearing those shoes no matter what.
And this game and the outfit just happened.
- [Interviewer] Do you keep your sneakers
as an investment as well over time?
Like, do you think you'll ever sell them or no?
- I doubt it.
A lot of shoes like have so much meaning to me
and it's deeper than just, you know,
the monetary value of them.
It's just not something I'm interested in doing.
- [Interviewer] We got to open a museum
at the end of your career, as the P.J. Tucker sneaker.
- Yeah, I know. I've actually got offered to do that before.
- [Interviewer] So, tell us about your suits.
- I love suits. I love putting on a suit.
I love having a reason to wear a suit.
I love not having a reason to wear suit
and still wearing suits. No, a man should always
have some gray suits in his arsenal.
- [Interviewer] This look from 2019.
- Yeah. I love that. So, I still wear that suit a lot.
Paige Maytag, she's a stylist and she makes suits.
And she brought to life.
That's more really still where I'm at now.
I love the color blocking the same similar color,
but not really the same and be able to play with the colors
and try to make it work. And that suit literally
in my mind was made for those sneakers for those docks.
- [Interviewer] How about these sneakers right here?
- Yeah, those are my Moore's.
See, that's like when I bring back,
cause I love them so much.
The colors, the comfort of Jordan 10 is great and open.
I love those. I still wear those again.
- [Interviewer] Dressing up for New Year's Eve 2019.
- Every year on New Year's I wear a suit and on...
coming in a year the way I'm going to finish it.
That just happened to the shoes, matching the suit.
I did not realize that till I seen the picture.
I was like, I wasn't playing. I just love that.
That's one of my favorite basketball shoes ever
and CB's my boy, we played together in Toronto.
- [Interviewer] Okay, NBA awards.
You're rocking it with no shirt.
- Yeah. It's just how I was feeling, man.
It was like I said, celebrating James Manning MVP.
We're having a good time and it was just a swag at the time.
Like I put on a shirt and I ain't like it,
this Dior suit was just calling me. It was talking to me.
So, it was perfect for that timing of that.
- [Interviewer] How about these chains right here?
- My boy ice man, Nick in Houston.
He makes all my chains, out the mud.
That's always been my saying.
Nobody's ever given me nothing.
You always got to get out the mud.
You know, it's never clean. It's never perfect.
It's never how you want it to be,
it's always kind of dirty and grimy.
And that's how I like it.
- [Interviewer] Is your jewelry collection,
as impressive as your shoe collection?
- That's literally impossible. If that was the case,
[laughing]=
I wouldn't have any money. It would be like over.
It's a Gucci tracksuit,
it was like a real super easy clean day.
- [Interviewer] And then this hat,
is this a Nick Fouquet hat, where's this hat from?
- That's my guy, the best that do it.
Greatest hatmaker in the world.
I think that's like for sure,
like kind of real inspiration
from the Vivian Westwood hat back in the day.
Like he always sets the tone with the hats.
- [Interviewer] How'd you get linked up with Nick Fouquet?
- I remember I couldn't fit any hats off the rack.
He's like, you gotta come to Venice and come to the store,
put the pins on your head and then whatever you see,
I'll just make it. And so that's how I started.
Once he did that, it was like game over.
I just suck every off bad idea or if he did something and
like, and then he just started making all of my hats.
Like one of when, like just to fit my head
and like just making all kinds of crazy stuff.
That is Saint Laurent sweater
with the Christian Louboutin shoes.
I had a lot of those loops and spikes.
But that's another one kind of clean, simple look,
you know, locked in my Tom Ford toiletry bag.
- [Interviewer] These toiletry bags are kind of big.
You always see athletes carrying them.
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] Are they functional or is it more
of a style?
- No, that is 1000% functional.
I need my stuff. You're out there game, take a shower
and you ain't got to your products.
Like I gotta have my product.
Wow, Valentino leather pants.
Guys were on my back about those.
They did not feel those.
I love, I still got those. Those are dope.
- [Interviewer] So, does it happen where someone shows up
in a locker room and everyone is like, nah.
- All the time.
Like they would say nah to some of my favorite ones.
Like it doesn't matter, like they're always like that.
Those are the teammates support,
it's what they're there for.
And this year, especially in Houston, like that was like,
oh my God.
Everybody- we had like a crew of guys that just
like every day, ready to talk, talk the talk,
joke on everything everybody wore with the Parra Air Max 1,
which like I said, Air Max 1 is one of my favorite shoes.
All the different flavors.
- [Interviewer] What's this right here? A Slurpee?
- Oh, nah it's smoothie king role, smoothie king.
- [Interviewer] I want to talk about fashion week,
because you attend a lot of shows, right?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] So, what's dressing for fashion week
like for you?
- It's just having a good time, honestly.
It's my time and my leisure time and what I like to do.
I love going to shows,
seeing everybody's new collections and inspiration,
what's going on. You get to meet some amazing people
with these shows and everything that goes into it.
Like coach went, it's like literally two years ago
to the day.
- [Interviewer] So, run us through this.
- So, all these looks are looks they made for me for Venice,
for the shows.
And this one is easily one of my favorites
it's so Dolce Gabbana.
And it's crazy, because of the way the patterns made
from different angles. It'll look blue and then other ones
that look brown and it just, you get different colors
in person with the sun and flashes.
It was an amazing print that they made for me for the show.
- [Interviewer] These say P.J. on them, right?
- Yes, there was a pair with my shoe sample pair,
sample color way that it just matched up perfectly I feel.
- [Interviewer] Amazing. And then this one right here.
- This one is again, another tailor-made Dolce Gabbana suit
that I wore for the men's show.
Another sample pair of my Dolce Gabbana sneakers,
one of one for a house like them to let me just come in
and design shoes, just it's everything.
You know, they're A1 company, you know,
they do everything top of the top.
Like I said, all these looks, they made for me
by my measurements and getting there
and they just fit perfectly having tailor's
in the hotel onsite. Everything first-class is unbelievable.
All the shows were incredible.
They're just an incredible brand.
Well, that's it guys, thanks for checking out my style.
I appreciate you guys checking in.
See you guys in Miami.
[guitar upbeat strumming]