Monica McNutt, Taylor Swift wore a custom blue-and-orange shirt reading Stevie Knicks to Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Alana Haim made the shirt at home and said Swift texted her, “I want to wear this shirt to the game, can you make it for me?”
Haim said she and Swift came up with the pun Stevie Knicks, then turned it into game-day clothing with a small at-home setup. She said she bought royal blue Gildan shirts from Michael’s for $2.99 each and used a Cricut, along with Speedball orange screen-printing ink and puff additive, to finish them.
Alana Haim and Taylor Swift
The shirt sat inside a larger group look. Este Haim wore Knickelback, Alana Haim wore Knickole Kidman, and Danielle Haim wore Knickolas Cage while Swift wore Stevie Knicks. Mariska Hargitay was also at the Knicks vs. Spurs game.
That setup points to something more deliberate than a casual fan outfit. Swift’s text made the look a request before the game, and Haim’s description shows a home production line built around shirts for friends rather than a one-off purchase.
Vogue and the Haim
Vogue published Haim’s account of making the shirt, including her long interest in merch and her habit of making shirts at home. She said she bought the Cricut after her last tour, which gave her a tool to cut designs instead of relying on store-bought fan gear.
For readers who want the same kind of personalized look, the mechanics are straightforward: start with a plain shirt, cut or print the design, then add ink and heat or pressure to set it. The shirt in question came together from that process, not from a retail rack, and the same method can scale to a few friends’ shirts without changing the basic steps.
The unanswered part is whether Haim will keep making custom shirts for future games. For now, the clearest takeaway is that the image on Wednesday night was planned in advance, made at home, and built from a pun Swift and Haim invented together.
