We Finally Ask Breanna Stewart… Who Is Behind Ellie? | PLUS Balenciaga Has A New Creative Director
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.2 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
When the Liberty Basketball team won the WNBA national championship last year, Breanna Stewart wasn’t sure anyone would really come to the “Canyon of Heroes” ticker tape parade. But as Stewart’s float turned a corner, thousands of cheering fans came into full view to no one's (except Stewart's) surprise!
It’s clear that the fandom around the WNBA, and the Liberty Basketball team, has reached fever pitch. In today’s episode of The Run Through, Vogue’s Digital Style Director Leah Faye Cooper and Fashion Writer Hannah Jackson talk to Stewart, aka Stewie, in the Barclays arena days after the team's home opener. They discuss Stewie’s experience at the Met Gala, what it’s like to be a bonafide Basketball star, and ask who is really behind the famous Ellie the Elephant Liberty mascot.
Plus, Chloe and Chioma break down Pierpaolo Piccioli's appointment at Balenciaga and the latest celebrity Cannes looks.
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| 0:00.0 | eBay, it's the place to fall in love with new, pre-loved vintage and rare fashion over and over again. |
| 0:06.7 | Your favorite designers, expertly authenticated. Yeah, eBay. Things people love. |
| 0:19.3 | This is The Run Through. I'm Chloe Mel. And I'm Cheminardi. This week, two of our wonderful |
| 0:24.9 | colleagues, fashion writer Hannah Jackson and digital style director Leah Faye Cooper, went on a field |
| 0:30.2 | trip to the Barclays Center, home of our favorite team, the New York Liberty, WNBA, Super |
| 0:36.9 | Team. |
| 0:43.6 | They won the championships last year and have become a real New York cultural institution. |
| 0:48.0 | We have just loved all of the excitement around their games. |
| 0:49.8 | Fran Libowitz sitting courtside. |
| 0:56.5 | Ellie the Elephant, obviously, which Choma, get ready for a real deep dive on Ellie. |
| 1:00.0 | This is the big reveal on Ellie's real identity. |
| 1:04.9 | They spoke with Brianna Stewart or Stewie, as many call her. |
| 1:09.8 | She is a forward on the team and one of the most accomplished women's basketball players in history. |
| 1:12.6 | So it was a huge treat to hear from her. |
| 1:19.3 | And they talked about everything from Secret Who is Behind the famous Liberty team mascot, Ellie, The Elephant. |
| 1:21.1 | You'll have to listen to find out. |
| 1:26.3 | Brianna's Met Gallo look, what it's like to see the NBA get so much love right now. And Hannah and Leah interviewed Brianna |
| 1:28.4 | after the team's big win at the home game opener. So that was marking the new season. |
| 1:35.2 | Oh, I can't wait to hear it. But first, Choma, what is your big news of the week? |
| 1:39.7 | I mean, Valencia. Did you see Pierpaolo Petroli coming? |
| 1:45.6 | No, what's funny is so Pierpaolo did a talk at Lightroom, which was obviously a big experiential exhibit in London, the Vogue runway exhibit. |
| 1:57.2 | And we had dinner afterwards and he was in such a fabulous mood. |
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