The Tamesis
If you play professional women’s basketball at the level of Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (and, of course, almost no one else does), you’re constantly on the move and your bag needs to be filled with everything you could possibly need. For Wilson, it’s not just practical essentials like two pairs of glasses, congestion relief spray and Tide wipes, but also Uno cards, an Octopus Squishmallow that matches the ones her boyfriend Bam Adebayo travels with, and plenty of Sour Patch Kids. (Wilson’s opinion of the best flavor? Blue… Well.)
There was not one, not two, dangling from Wilson’s bag; three Labubus is a member of the Nike A’One series for athletes. “I’m not following trends at all, my lovely fans bought me these,” she said Fashion. Wilson didn’t keep her beauty secret; The next thing she pulled out of her bag was her brow kit, saying, “I at least try to make sure my brows and edges are intact because that’s the first thing people really see… I never want to lose the beauty of being a woman and a girl who can still be on the court playing basketball and crushing it.”
What is the most precious and meaningful thing in Wilson’s bag? It’s simple—either her Alpha Kappa Alpha lanyard or her beloved late grandmother’s coin purse, which Wilson considers “a reminder that she’s always with me. I wouldn’t put a coin in it because my heart is in it.”
Shop A’ja Wilson’s bags below.
