Much ado will be made about Isla Gordon's unconventional workwear on Netflix's Running Point. Played by Kate Hudson, Gordon is a reformed party girl who finds herself at the top of the corporate food chain when she's suddenly put in charge of her family's basketball dynasty. Her leadership is challenged and at times, Gordon wonders whether she's the right person for the job. Why jockey for position in the good old boys club when her brothers are so hungry and seemingly qualified for the title? Imposter syndrome strikes again! But over time, she grows into the role and learns how to leverage her unique strengths in the hyper-masculine world of professional sports with a wardrobe to go with it.
Loosely based on the life of Jeanie Buss—the NBA’s first woman president and owner of the Los Angeles Lakers—Running Point is chicken soup for the souls of weary girlbosses. Like everything the inimitable Mindy Kaling produces, it's slapstick and saccharine and right on time for the broader cultural conversations we're having about women in sports. But even if those sterling qualities hold zero appeal for you, you'll binge the whole season simply to spend more time in the eye candy fashion universe created by costume designer Salvador Perez.
