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AI garment reconstruction: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Roland-Garros 2011. Bethanie Mattek-Sands’s black one-shoulder Under Armour tennis dress with fine white angular graphics and grey seam lines at Roland-Garros in 2011.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands · 2011

One shoulder on clay

A one-shoulder black dress disrupted the usual symmetry of tennis kit.

The story behind the look

Mattek-Sands wore an asymmetric black Under Armour dress at the 2011 French Open. The one-shoulder neckline made the shape of the garment its defining feature.

The historical photograph documents the match dress itself. Her accessories are left out of the reconstruction so the asymmetric neckline and skirt can be compared with other archive garments.