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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Russell Westbrook (right) watches a fashion show with Anna Wintour, editor of &lt;em&gt;Vogue&lt;/em&gt;. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take one look at the photos of Russell Westbrook enjoying New York Fashion Week and it seems clear that the frustrating end to his 2012-13 season, a season-ending knee injury suffered in the first-round of the playoffs, is a thing of the past.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We probably could have surmised as much when he made his headlines in August for wearing an outrageous outfit and posing with pop star Miley Cyrus at the Teen Choice Awards, but that still felt like a stunt. In regular attendance at fashion shows this week, where he's reportedly taken in the new designs alongside the likes of &lt;em&gt;Vogue&lt;/em&gt; editor Anna Wintour and Rihanna, Westbrook looks and sounds like a budding\u00A0connoisseur in his version of heaven.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; caught up with the Thunder All-Star guard, who sounds genuine and a bit giddy in calling Fashion Week \"amazing\" and \"refreshing.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mr. Westbrook\u2019s presence as a front-row regular may have caught some of the other Fashion Week attendees by surprise, but the player believes he belongs among their ranks. When he arrived in the N.B.A., in 2008, Mr. Westbrook said that, clothing-wise, \u201Cnobody was doing anything that would attract the fashion crowd.\u201D (Well-dressed league veterans like Dwyane Wade, Tyson Chandler and Amar\u2019e Stoudemire might disagree.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CPeople got on the podium in whatever they were wearing that day,\u201D he said. If some players were more presentable in tailored separates \u201Cit was clich\u00E9,\u201D he added, noting that though many other players employ stylists, he chooses pieces on his own because, akin to being a point guard, he likes control. \u201CThey were wearing the same suits,\u201D he said. Looking \u201C \u2018business casual,\u2019 is what the N.B.A. calls it.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CRussell is part of a newer generation, players that take fashion as a real badge of cool,\u201D said Jim Moore, creative director for GQ. \u201CFor years and years, you had that Pat Riley and Michael Jordan idea of off-court style; they were all going to the same tailors and they were almost getting too fancy with it.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Westbrook's own outfits, as always, turned heads, although he does seem to have turned down the wattage, perhaps realizing that, for once in his life, he wasn't the center of attention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RELATED:\u00A0Russell Westbrook Post-Game Fashion Gallery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below, check out photos of Westbrook sporting: a black vest with a long vertical zipper, an all-black ensemble (including tights), and flip-up sunglasses with a gold medallion, among other looks from earlier this summer.\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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