Jason Kelce Calls Out Gucci Vogue: ‘By no means Appealed to Me’

With regards to choosing out garments for himself, Jason Kelce prefers simplicity and practicality.

“I don’t wish to offend anyone, I by no means understood the rationale that anyone would wish to put on Gucci, or a few of these high-end manufacturers,” Kelce, 37, shared in a profile for The New York Instances revealed on Thursday, April 24. “It’s by no means appealed to me.”

As a substitute, “I might a lot relatively put on one thing that symbolized a blue-collar employee versus a swimsuit,” the retired NFL star said.

Recognized for poking enjoyable at his brother, Travis Kelce, Jason’s Gucci feedback might be a enjoyable jab on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish’s penchant for carrying designer manufacturers on and off the sphere. He memorably sported a head-to-toe Gucci look whereas attending the US Open along with his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in September 2024. Travis, 35, paired a white Gucci polo shirt with an identical cardigan and shorts, in addition to wore a Gucci striped bucket hat.

“Had the outdated nation membership look going with the cardigan and button-up, and hat to match,” Travis joked of his look on an episode of his and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast that very same month. “After which I had the [Mr.] Magoo mustache. The bucket hat with the mustache may be very Magoo-ish. I used to be an enormous Magoo fan rising up,” he added, referring to the cartoon character, who doesn’t have a mustache.

Whereas Swift, 35, wore a red-and-white checkered Reformation costume to the sporting occasion, she switched right into a Gucci look of her personal for a post-US Open date night time with Travis. For his or her New York Metropolis dinner outing, Swift wore a tan patterned Gucci minidress, an extended brown coat and black heels.

Swift sported Gucci once more whereas attending a Grammys afterparty earlier this 12 months. She adopted up her sparkly pink carpet costume by Vivienne Westwood with an equally dazzling silver Gucci robe in February afterparty Instagram pics shared by Janelle Monáe’s guitarist, Kellindo Parker.

Jason, for his half, is thought to decorate up occasionally, usually sporting fits for his internet hosting gigs on Monday Night time Countdown. Nevertheless, his choice for easy items impressed him to launch his Underdog Attire clothes model in 2022. Primarily based and operated within the U.S., the corporate collaborates with manufacturers resembling American Big and Sandlot Items to create high-quality garments.

“I grew up going into metal mills with my father,” Jason instructed the NYT on Thursday. “So, the idea of American employees making issues was one thing that was ingrained early. And I simply at all times gravitated towards it.”

All of Underdog Attire’s proceeds go to the Be Philly Basis, a nonprofit that helps assist underrepresented children throughout Philadelphia. “I used to be attempting to give you, ‘What’s a method that we are able to rejoice Philadelphia?” Jason said. “And I really like carrying shirts that symbolize me and every thing that I consider in.”

The corporate’s newest collaboration with American Big features a inexperienced T-shirt, an obvious nod to Jason’s time taking part in for the Philadelphia Eagles. “Philadelphia bleeds inexperienced,” he quipped. “If we didn’t have a inexperienced quick, it might have felt like malpractice.”