Oscars 2020: Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant with red carpet outfit

Lee’s outfit features Bryant’s former Lakers number ‘24’

Chelsea Ritschel
New York
Monday 10 February 2020 04:53 GMT
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Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant at Oscars (Getty)
Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant at Oscars (Getty)

Spike Lee paid tribute to Kobe Bryant at the Oscars with his outfit, a purple and gold suit with the number 24 stitched on the lapels.

The filmmaker paired the suit – which featured the colours of Bryant’s former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and his jersey number – with orange trainers, purple glasses and a black cap.

The tribute to the late NBA star, who died in a helicopter crash on 26 January, comes after Lee directed Kobe: Doin’ Work, a 2009 documentary about the former Lakers player.

Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, Lee shared a photograph of his and wife Tonya Lewis Lee’s outfits on Instagram, where he wrote: “Da Lees are in da house” alongside multiple purple heart emojis.

At last year’s awards, the director, who was nominated for his work on BlacKkKlansman also chose a purple Ozwald Boateng suit, in tribute to Prince.

He accessorised last year’s look with gold Jordans designed by Tinker Hatfield.

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