Kristin Juszczyk Gifts Vanessa Bryant and Her Daughters Custom Lakers Pants with Special Nods to Kobe Bryant

Mar. 15, 2025

Designer Kristin Juszczyk; Natalia Bryant wearing Juszczyk’s custom Lakers pants.Photo:Kristin Juszczyk/Instagram

Kristin Juszczyk/Instagram

Kristin Juszczykis rememberingKobe Bryantthrough her designs.

The fashion designer, who went viral this year for creatingTaylor Swift’s Chiefs coat, recently made custom Lakers patchwork pants for the late athlete’s wife,Vanessa Bryant, and theirdaughters— Natalia, Bianka and Capri — for the secondMamba League Invitational.

In a behind-the-scenes Instagram video captioned “Mamba Mentality Forever,” Juszczyk showed all the special details honoring the basketball legend, who died at 41 on Jan. 26, 2020, in ahelicopter crashalongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people.

Each pair that Juszczyk, 30, made for the family features an “8” and “24” — numbers that Bryant wore during his time on the Los Angeles Lakers. It also has the name “Bryant” and “Lakers” sewn into it from a Bryant jersey.

Juszczyk got to see her work onNatalia, 21, during the event, where they shared a sweet hug on the court. The model and University of Southern California student wore her pants with a white T-shirt, black shoulder bag and gold jewelry.

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Vanessa and Kobe Bryant in 2019.Allen Berezovsky/Getty

Allen Berezovsky/Getty

Vanessa, 42, celebrated whatwould’ve been Kobe’s 46th birthdaywith a touching Instagram tribute on Aug. 23. She posted a throwback photo of her kissing Kobe’s cheek that she captioned: “I love you for now, forever & for always.”

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On the day, she also released an exclusive Mamba and Mambacita Sports drop called theL.A. Royal collectionfeaturing a purple-and-gold sweatshirt for adults and kids. All of the net proceeds from the collection will go towards the Mambacita Sports organization.

“Throughout Kobe’s entire career, he gave his heart to the city of Los Angeles while wearing purple and gold, and these colors represent his deep love for the game, the Lakers and the city of Los Angeles,” Vanessa wrote onInstagram.

source: people.com