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AI garment reconstruction: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, US Open 2006. Bethanie Mattek’s beige draped top with split flutter sleeves and a crochet waist, worn over a brown mini skirt at the 2006 US Open.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands · 2006

A toga in New York

Draped sleeves and a crochet waist brought a bohemian silhouette to Flushing Meadows.

Athlete
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Tournament
US Open
Date
August 2006
Design
Designer not documented

The original look

Bethanie Mattek’s beige draped top with split flutter sleeves and a crochet waist, worn over a brown mini skirt at the 2006 US Open.

Photographer not identified · via Sports Illustrated · Copyrighted editorial photograph; rights remain with the credited owner.

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The story behind the look

Competing then as Bethanie Mattek, she wore a beige top with open sleeves and a broad crochet waist over a brown mini skirt. Its draping earned the look the nickname “toga”.

The original styling included matching crochet knee socks. Here the reconstruction isolates the clothing, preserving the top-and-skirt construction rather than turning it into a one-piece dress. The rear view is inferred.