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"As a general rule, I&amp;#39;ve never sought fashion advice from straight men. But as the spring shows came to a close\u2014with C\u00E9line&amp;#39;s fur Big Bird shoes and Chanel&amp;#39;s hula-hoop bags emerging as the season&amp;#39;s buzziest trends\u2014I suddenly found myself craving a little outside perspective. No disrespect to The Man Repeller, but perhaps we&amp;#39;ve reached a tipping point. Couldn&amp;#39;t we all learn a sartorial thing or two from the opposite sex?\n\nAs the Oklahoma City Thunder&amp;#39;s six-foot-nine forward, Kevin Durant might not seem like an obvious style guru, but consider this: After carrying a backpack to nearly every post-game interview since 2011, the 24-year-old ignited such a trend that Nike launched a collection of KD backpacks. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s time to move on,&amp;quot; Durant now says of his former staple. He presently favors geek-chic glasses in eye-catching hues. (Though they&amp;#39;re prescription, he doesn&amp;#39;t wear contacts on the court. &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ve been playing basketball my whole life,&amp;quot; he explains. &amp;quot;I know where the three-point line is, where the hoop is. I don&amp;#39;t know if I could play blind, but I&amp;#39;ll sure try one day.&amp;quot;) While most of his clothes are custom-made due to his height, he maintains his fashion cred by buying off-the-rack Comme des Gar\u00E7ons T-shirts, Balmain jackets, and Givenchy henleys.\n\nWhen it comes to styling me, Durant is extremely opinionated. We&amp;#39;ve narrowed the focus to three occasion-specific looks\u2014game, date, weekend. Of the first, I&amp;#39;m informed: &amp;quot;Prefers jeans and heels. Doesn&amp;#39;t like when girls wear skirts or look like they&amp;#39;re trying too hard.&amp;quot; Nor does he approve of jerseys. Considering I wear only skirts and recently bought a KD jersey, I&amp;#39;m already backpedaling. The directives continue: &amp;quot;Date look: Loves dresses in colors like turquoise. Thinks the LBD is boring. [Editor&amp;#39;s note: I&amp;#39;m impressed he knows the shorthand for little black dress!] Weekend: Likes girls in tennis shoes, especially Jordans.&amp;quot; Durant later clarifies that by &amp;quot;especially,&amp;quot; he means &amp;quot;only.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;As far as I&amp;#39;m concerned, there ain&amp;#39;t no tennis shoe other than Jordans.&amp;quot;\n\nI arrive on set\u2014the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home to the OKC Thunder\u2014with two large trunks. Lined up beside Durant&amp;#39;s shoes, which are size 17, my own resemble Barbie accessories. Durant notices a pair of studded ones. &amp;quot;Jimmy Choo Choos!&amp;quot; he hollers approvingly. We pair them with jeans, a graphic tee, and accessories in Thunder orange and blue (this much team spirit is deemed OK). Game look on.\n\nNext, a swimming-pool blue Matthew Williamson dress, which gets a thumbs-up for the date look. Durant is dressed in a dapper plaid blazer with a pocket square and indigo jeans. Last up, Jordans for the weekend look. &amp;quot;Unlace &amp;#39;em,&amp;quot; Durant says as I&amp;#39;m tying them on. His assistant chimes in, chuckling, &amp;quot;A lesson in KD swag.&amp;quot; My foot is now in Durant&amp;#39;s lap, and he&amp;#39;s showing me how to do the laces. (Hint: If your foot doesn&amp;#39;t feel like it&amp;#39;s falling out, they aren&amp;#39;t loose enough.)\n\nDurant is pretty grounded when it comes to style. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t try too hard, but I like to stand out,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;You can tell when somebody&amp;#39;s comfortable in an outfit. Growing up, I would look in the mirror and think, Will this person like what I&amp;#39;ve got on? Now, if I like it, that&amp;#39;s all that matters.&amp;quot; How&amp;#39;s that for winning advice?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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