LeBron James had a visceral reaction to his wife Savannah James’ arrival in a Sergio Hudson mermaid dress at Vanity Fair’s Oscar night party on Sunday in Los Angeles: “GOT DAMNNNNNN!”
The NBA superstar’s comment went viral — with 1.7 million likes on a photo posted to his Instagram page.
Savannah James
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“This is gonna be a first, one of our first big major carpets,” her stylist Casey “Icon” Billingsley told WWD ahead of the star-studded party, teasing the white-hot look. “I’m so elated because we get to work with a Black designer.
“These are the moments that I feel will propel her even further into the stratosphere.”
James and Icon have been an in-sync pair since 2021, when they were connected through mutual friends. She adds to his growing client roster, which includes actresses Novi Brown, Amber Riley and Coco Jones.
A photo of Casey “Icon” Billingsley in Europe.
COURTESY OF CASEY “ICON” BILLINGSLEY
“It’s one thing to get with a starlet, someone who’s famous and wants to change up their style or introduce themselves to a new audience, but this was something that was all-around different,” he said.
The duo has delivered and curated an array of different looks, including her standout Schiaparelli pinstripe suit moment at LeBron’s record-breaking NBA game on Feb. 7, when he became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
“When I first started working with her it was like she was literally taking steps out of her cocoon,” Icon said.
In putting together the outfit for the historic game, Icon and James actually didn’t solidify anything in advance. “She didn’t know what LeBron was wearing earlier in the day. By the time I got to the house, LeBron had…
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