NEW YORK, NY(SMI-GLOBAL-FASHION-SPORTS-SEPT 12-15,2025)-Grammy-award winning artist " CIARA " hosted a NYFW-ESPN event last Friday's evening celebrating WNBA's power of fashion & culture with players, music artists, influencers and fashion professionals in attendance at House of ESPN in New York City.
 
ESPN known for broadcasting the WNBA Playoffs, and final championship games celebrated an immerse night combining sports, culture & fashion in NYFWK Style with the WNBA's fashion-sports icons walking the red carpet alongside A-listers, influencers, fashion designer and movie actors.
 
The first-ever & Inaugural ESPN x NYFW installation highlighted the inclusion of basketball, culture, and fashion, and exhibited a WNBA style on display showcasing a viral tunnel fits, a Project-Runway custom outfit reveal, live sketch artistry and styled activations. 
 
Attendees Included: Ciara, Rickea Jackson (WNBA), Te’a Cooper (WNBA), Hailey Van Lith (WNBA), Cameron Brink (WNBA), Didi Richards (WNBA), Izzy Harrison (WNBA), Satou Sabally (WNBA), Aerial Powers (WNBA), Amaya Elizabeth (Love Island), Nicolas Vansteenberghe (Love Island), Pepe Garcia (Love Island), Clarke Caraway (Love Island), Taylor Williams (Love Island), Olivia Walker (Love Island), Sutton Stracke (RHOBH), Meredith Marks (RHOSLC), Priah Ferguson (Netflix’s Stranger Things), Jalyn Hall (All American/Amazon’s Emmitt Till), Da’Vinchi ( BMF/All American), Precious Way (Day of Our Lives), Crystal Stewart ( Netflix’s Beauty In Black), Kandi Burruss (RHOA/Brodway producer), Grant Ellis (The Bachelor), Rotimi (Actor/R&B Singer), Carlos King (Reality Producer/Podcast Producer), Fabolous (Rapper/recording artist), Larsen Thomopson (Model

Ciara is a US R&B singer, songwriter & actress known for her light, whispering & breathy soprano vocals and electrifying-gravity defying/illusion dance moves, and who became famous with her debut album, Goodies in 2004. The Album released included the singles "Goodies'(Featuring Petey Pablo) , reached the top Billboard-100 and " 1, 2 Step "(Featuring Missy Elliott)  & "Oh"(Featuring Ludacris) peaked at number two.
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Her second Album " Ciara: The Evolution" was inspired mostly by her personal growth and the evolution of music, dance, and fashion becoming Ciara's only #1 Album on the U.S. Billboard 200, and went on to be certified platinum by the RIAA.  
 
She has registered 8-Studio Albums during her career and sold over 45+ million records worldwide, including 23 million albums and 22 million singles.
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Ciara accolades includes: A Grammy Award, 2 BET Awards, Billboard Women of the Year, 2-VMAs awards, & 2 Teen Choice awards, and she is also considered the best and most popular R&B artist of her generation.​​​​


Article & Photos By Marcello Cutti II/Starlight Illustrated