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AI garment reconstruction: Anna Kournikova, US Open 1998. Anna Kournikova’s sleeveless pale yellow adidas V-neck dress with black curved side inserts at the 1998 US Open.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Anna Kournikova · 1998

Butter yellow, black curves

Two pointed black curves shape a pale yellow dress.

The story behind the look

Black inserts sweep inward from beneath the arms, ending in fine points above the waist. Against the soft yellow fabric, those two lines define the fitted upper body while the short skirt flares gently below.

Kournikova returned to the fourth round of the US Open in 1998. Her pale yellow dress used sharp black curves beneath the arms to emphasize the fitted silhouette, an early example of the sculpted lines that distinguished her Adidas matchwear.