- Travis Kelce has hit headlines in recent weeks for his Taylor Swift relationship
- The Chiefs star has opened up on his love of fashion in a recent interview
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Travis Kelce has long had an exuberant fashion interest – long before his profile took a huge upward spiral with the Kansas City Chiefs star dating Taylor Swift.
The two-time Super Bowl winner, 34, has carved out a reputation as a sharp-dresser and has often turned up to games in diamond earrings and Louis Vuitton jackets.
But now, speaking to the Wall Street Journal, with scrutiny on his fashion sense like never before, the Chiefs star has opened up to fans about how he decides what to wear ahead of a big game or night out.
‘I kind of just do it off of instinct,’ he said, before admitting it can take him up to three hours before he has finally settled on what to wear before a game.
‘It really just goes down to the wire,’ he explained. ‘I kind of enjoy the creative process of the panic to just throw something together.
‘Obviously, not every look is for everybody. I’m not going to be offended if somebody says I look like a clown if I got a fun hat on and some wacky jeans. It is what it is, I’m gonna have fun with it. For the most part, I do it to put a smile on somebody’s face.’
In 2020, Kelce – one of the best tight ends in the NFL – signed a new four-year deal with the Chiefs worth $57.25m, and he admitted that clothes are one of the main things he spends his money on.
He even apparently told the WSJ that he converted a bedroom in his house into a wardrobe that has over 300 pairs of sneakers.
‘Money gave me access to certain designers and just certain fabrics that I absolutely love now,’ he said.
But to many hundreds of thousands of his fans in America, he is loved best in the red-and-white Chiefs jersey with his No 87 emblazoned across the middle.
It is a look that might just be surfacing across the country, as well – the NFL reported a 400% surge in his jersey sales once he was linked to Swift.
Kelce was outstanding in his team’s last game – a 19-8 victory against Denver Broncos where Swift was in the stands at Arrowhead Stadium to cheer him on.
He even played through the pain barrier after spraining his ankle when he rolled it on the turf in his team’s previous game, a 27-20 win over Minnesota Vikings.
He’s had a 10-day break since the Broncos win, where he headed to New York to spend time with Swift, and it came at a good time professionally given he has been able to rest the ankle for a little longer than usual.
And it will also have given him more time to select his next gameday outfit. The Chiefs, the current Super Bowl champions, resume their season on Sunday at home to the Chargers.
The team is currently 5-1 for the season.
