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AI garment reconstruction: Maria Sharapova, Roland-Garros 2007. A blue Nike tennis dress with a sheer black overlay, narrow dark edging, a low hip band and a short layered hem.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Maria Sharapova · 2007

Blue behind the veil

Mediterranean blue beneath a floating black mesh layer.

The story behind the look

Sharapova’s 2007 Paris dress belongs to the experimental period of her Nike partnership. Looking back in a 2014 SELF interview, she recalled this Mediterranean-blue design and its mesh overlay among the distinctive outfits created for her earlier career.

The transparent outer layer softens the colour beneath it and moves independently around the low waist and hem. Tournament photographs also show the dress worn over black cropped leggings; this reconstruction presents the dress itself.