If you follow me on Twitter (my apologies) or read this Tumblr regularly, you know that fusing sports and style is kind of my thing. When it comes to personal style, I’m definitely not a jeans and t-shirts girl - it doesn’t flatter my short, curvy figure and I find the style to be kind of limiting. I also find t-shirts seem to feel like they’re choking me (I feel your pain, J-Woww but not your silicone). However, for a Monday night at work I wanted to do something fun yet casual and break out one of the super dope shirts I got from one of my favorite menswear brands, UNDRCRWN. While their size small tees are little big in the waist and shoulder, I find a sweater clip can make it work.

I decided on a kelly green with “Love Means Nothing” inscribed in felt across the chest and on the left sleeve. It’s from the Spring 2010 collection that UNDRCRWN put out under the same name, inspired by early ’90s tennis style. Think John McEnroe and Andre Agassi - you can check out the collection here. It’s a super comfortable shirt and I love the bright colour. I paired it with a tiered plaid mini skirt from Brazen Hussy, black cord blazer black tights, black suede buckle boots from Zara and my Super eyeglasses. It was a bit of a preppy mess but still cute. The shirt led to a lot of questions from co-workers who didn’t get the “Love Means Nothing” saying. Love, in tennis terms, equals zero on the scoreboard. So, it literally means nothing. Of course co-workers thought I was being just another bitter female, instead of an astute sports fan. They should know by now that I display by fandom through fashion - boys!

Now, that night in the NBA the Timberwolves were in Boston to face the Celtics. So naturally I thought it was cool (read: nerdy) that I was wearing a kelly green shirt with the word “Love” on it when the Celtics were playing the rebound machine, Kevin Love. For most of the game, the young and tenacious T-Wolves were leading the veteran C’s. Kevin Love was pulling down everything and finished with 24 boards. However, the Wolves relented down the stretch and ended up losing a tight game. So, Kevin Love ended up with nothing…but a loss and a nice stat line. My shirt ended up with double meaning - did the fact that it was CELTICS green jinx the poor Timberwolves? Naturally, my sports geek self felt incredibly guilty. I pledge to Kevin Love that I will not wear the shirt again when he plays the Celtics. Now, go make yourself an All-Star already. I’ll try not to have any more aesthetic slip ups.

PS. Sorry for the crappy photos. Hopefully I’ll get my iPhone 4 by the end of the week…Apple needs to step their stock up!