Meet the man behind the 'Madison Square Guardian' jacket worn by Knicks star Jalen Brunson
Knicks fans are bringing their best, but there's a local artist from Connecticut who is wearing his best.
Alex Ruffin, 32, is the designer behind a unique jacket getting a lot of attention on social media that screams New York sports.
The jacket has the Knicks on one sleeve, and the Rangers on the other.
Ruffin has been making the jackets and selling them online, but it all went to another level when Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees was captured on the jumbotron at MSG, wearing a specially-made version, part of Ruffin's "Hometown Hero" series.
"I'm sitting over here, and I'm like, watching his story," Ruffin said. "So, I see him on his way to the game and with the jacket because I can tell by the collar, and I'm like, oh my god, he has my jacket on."
From there, the sky was the limit.
Ruffin gifted one to Knicks' star guard, Jalen Brunson, who sported the "Madison Square Guardian" jacket before a game.
"I got the photos back, and I was just like, wow, this is crazy," Ruffin said. "This is all happening in the same season, by the way, so guys, Chisholm being a big component of the Yankees right now, and Jalen Brunson obviously being the starting point guard for the Knicks. Like, this is something right here that has been, like, beyond humbling. It's an amazing feat."
It's a fashionable accomplishment that Ruffin's father, who passed away, would be proud of.
"My dad was big on New York teams and whatnot," Ruffin said. "And it kind of rubs off on you, so you grow up and you're like, I'm seeing all of this stuff right here, and it literally just, it's something that sits with you forever."
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