Ionescu’s interest in fashion is a newer development, the athlete attending her first fashion show in New York last year and returning to Paris in January—after her gold medal winning showing with the U.S. women’s national team, including Stewart, at the 2024 Summer Olympics—for the Dior Homme show.
“You go from college, where you just wear your warm-up gear to the game, to then getting into the pros where, you know, especially in New York, it’s a big deal walking into the tunnel,” she…