Dwyane Wade has a love of style and self-care in his blood.
The retired NBA star (42) explained in a recent interview for a fashion and lifestyle brand Snobbery that he learned how to dress and take care of himself from his father, Dwyane Wade Sr., and the other men in his family.
“My father has always been a man who took care of himself. My uncles took care of themselves,” Wade said. “I always knew this was what I wanted to do: I wanted to be one of those sharp-dressed men who smelled good and stayed clean-shaven and all that.”
“I’ve been painting my nails since 2007,” he continued with his self-care routine.
Dwyane Wade attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2023 at Bar Marmont on November 16, 2023.
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Wade admitted that when he meets people, he notices what they’re wearing. “I’m into scanning people’s details, because it shows you a lot about how much people care about themselves.”
The businessman and father of four children takes dressing very seriously.
“Me and my body, we like to put on clothes,” he said. “It’s not something I play with. It’s part of my personality, it’s part of my lifestyle. So I don’t just wear clothes. i put it with— on.”
Wade explained that he and his fellow NBA players began to take their attire more seriously in the early 2000s, when the league’s game-day dress code became “business casual.”
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Dwyane Wade was seen on September 21, 2023 in New York.
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“As I got more comfortable, as I got older, as fashion became more acceptable, as we started going to more fashion shows, my fashion sense was able to elevate,” he said.
In the interview, he listed some of his most memorable game day fashion moments such as the Gucci capri pants that made the front page of the local paper and the hot pink pants he wore to the press conference.
“Now people wear pink golf pants. It’s nothing. But at the time, it was a big deal, wasn’t it?” he said, proud of the risks he took.
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In February, the Oscar-nominated producer exclusively told PEOPLE how it feels to have more time to focus on self-care since retiring in 2019.
“I think in retirement I’ve become a better student of my mind and body,” he said. “It was really a learning experience for me.”
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