New York’s first lady came dressed for the Knicks.
Rama Dowaj took to the stage at Thursday’s Knicks parade wearing a custom dress made from a counterfeit NBA Finals merchandise T-shirt, courtesy of downtown designer Miss Claire Sullivan.
The one-shoulder design was made from white, orange and blue T-shirts sewn together, which Sullivan rolled up, stitched and tied to create an asymmetrical silhouette.
Dowaj, 28, layered the piece over a black midi skirt and completed her look with a gold necklace, orange puffball earrings and black Nike Air Rift sneakers.
Sullivan, whose client list also includes Lady Gaga, Rosalía and Addison Rae, shared a version of the look on Instagram earlier this week that replaced the black skirt with a white tulle tutu.
“5 Knicks 🏀💙 LFG NYC,” the designer captioned the post.
Her famous fans co-signed it. Addison Rae wrote, “Just kidding,” while Lisa Rinna agreed: “So good!!!” America’s former second daughter Ella Emhoff added: “Oh my god, really.”
“My whole family is from New York, but we’ve since moved away, and everyone has been emailing me asking for Knicks shirts,” Sullivan told Vogue. “I couldn’t go to street vendors myself, so my friends helped me procure it. When I saw that there were so many colors, I wanted to buy all the colors and make them into dresses.”
Sullivan wore the tutu version himself on Saturday to celebrate the Knicks’ 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5.
Thursday’s parade appearance was one of Dowaj’s most public fashion moments since her husband, Mayor Zoran Mamdani, took office in January.
The Houston-born artist and animator became the city’s first Gen Z and first Muslim first lady earlier this year, and has kept a largely low profile while continuing to work in illustration and ceramics.
