Exclusive | Little-known designer gets her $295 Knicks Girl T-shirt sold at MSGand a players wife bought one

A little-known Dutch designer scored big after a friend wore her Knicks T-shirt to Madison Square Garden — and it caught the attention of owner Jim Dolan’s pal.Georgine Ratelband’s $295 “I’m a New York Knicks Girl” tee and five other items from her luxury line are now being sold at the MSG Team Store — debuting just weeks before the team made it to the NBA Finals.“It’s great timing,” Ratelband, 37, told The Post.“I’m ecstatic.

I’m over the moon.I’m so proud.”Items from her Knicks collection — which include a crewneck sweater for $160, a $385 hoodie, $425 pants, a sequin jacket for $900 and a $1,450 leather jacket — have already been purchased by sports royalty, like New York Knicks star Josh Hart’s wife, Shannon, and former Rangers great Henrik Lundqvist.“One of my favorite stories is Henrik Lundqvist posted a picture of his daughters wearing my hoodies.

It’s an incredible picture, courtside,” she gushed.“And then Josh Hart, his wife wore one of my shirts.And I mean, these people all bought them too, it’s not like I gifted it to them.

So it’s even more special.”Ratelband, who founded the women’s luxury fashion label Georgine in 2011, introduced sports-themed tees to her collection due to a high demand from her clients — who wanted to up their game when attending sporting events.“My clients always say, ‘I want to look cute, but I don’t want to be too overdressed,'” said the fashionista, who’s dressed A-listers like Beyoncé, Zendaya, Lady Gaga and Brooke Shields.“Just because it’s the men playing, us girls also want to be involved.”In April 2025, she gave the only hand-embroidered “I’m a New York Knicks Girl” tee she designed to her friend to wear to MSG for Game 5 of Round 1 of the playoffs against the Detroit Pistons.“A friend of Dolan showed it to an executive over at MSG who then referred it over to the merchandise manager,” she explained.“Before I knew it, I was literally put ...