2017 US Open Fashion Faults
There were plenty of hits, and a collection misses in the Big App
Great styles abounded at this season-closing major of 2017 (see the US Open fashion aces, a living, breathing September Issue of sportswear).
Style is subjective, to be sure. Many enjoyed Garbine Muguruza's Adidas visor blessed by Pharrell, while one of the most pleasant commentators out there needled it:
You're here for them, so below are the eye-of-the-beholder fashion faults:
Agnieszka Radwanska and Kristyna Pliskova, in Lotto
So many things go wrong with this kit: There's the print of the top, which looks like something on a primary-school student's backpack. And the skirt simply cannot be serious; it looks like something slapped on a 3-year-old's baby doll. Radwanska took scissors to the look during her first-round match. In the wake of her loss to CoCo Vandeweghe, she should just torch it all.
Maria Sharapova, Riccardo Tisci for Nike
Masha's nighttime, self-labeled "little black dress" was an amalgam of textures and fabrics. (Leather and lace and sparkles, oh my.) Her Tisci-designed look for daylight should never have seen it. The black, peekaboo sports bra accidentally matched her use of athletic tape on the arms, but the monochromatic, relatively flesh-colored look of her shoe with the top and skirt arrived as too much. And then it left.
Roger Federer, Nike
Surprised to see Federer on this list? So be it. Remember The Shining? This look screams "REDRUM."
Caroline Wozniacki, in Adidas x Stella McCartney
"I love wearing tight-fitting pieces that show your curves," Wozniacki told Vogue ahead of this event, "And really bright colors pop on the court and on TV." Well and good. The piece praised her dress's "juicy shades of cherry, hibiscus and orange," but frankly it all gives off all the personality of sherbet.
Fabio Fognini, Hydrogen
Fairly-new fatherhood has not shored up Fognini's penchant for the brand with the trademark skull logo and alternative-yet-slightly-stately styles. (It also hasn't softened his staggeringly disrespectful behavior on court, but that's literally another story.) At the end of the day, such a snake logo plastered on one's back doesn't work on someone who's being investigated for poor behavior.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anta
One's tennis garb should not match the color of one's tennis ball. The end.
Camila Giorgi
In another design only a mother could love (and make), Giorgi entered this US Open wearing that all-but-patented scrunchie look in her hair and back-straps that appeared to hang on for dear life. That's no joke based on how she hits out.
Julia Goerges, Asics
It's difficult to make Goerges look bad. Even so, the aqua-green of the top bleeds into the skirting in such a way that's not flattering. Goerges' great fight against Sloane Stephens deserved better.
Grigor Dimitrov, Nike
Gray-gor Diminutized. The look made him appear dull, and shrank his style sense—this should not happen.
Worst Practice Tee: Federer
Yet another unhappy surprise. This looks like an Ed Hardy bargain-bin find.
Worst Dressed, Off Court: Johanna Konta
The Brit was decked out in a super-drab, baggy ensemble and clunky, colonial shoes while some of her peers shined at the Taste of Tennis bash days before the season's final major commenced.
Your turn, denizens of Tennis Nation: Who were your own best and worst dressed at this US Open? I would be glad to receive all your hot takes on Twitter.
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