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AI garment reconstruction: Maria Sharapova, Roland-Garros 2013. Fitted violet Nike tennis dress with narrow volt-yellow straps, a shallow neckline, curved white side panels and a short lightly flared skirt.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Maria Sharapova · 2013

The violet slip

Volt straps and white side panels sharpened a muted violet slip silhouette.

The story behind the look

Maria Sharapova’s Nike dress for Roland-Garros in 2013 paired a violet body with fluorescent yellow straps. White side panels framed the darker centre, drawing a clean line from the upper torso towards the hem. Its narrow straps and close fit gave the competition dress the visual simplicity of a slip.

The restrained shape made the colour contrast especially clear against the clay. The reconstruction follows both the tournament photograph and the collection preview, retaining the white panels rather than reducing the design to a plain purple dress. The unseen rear construction is inferred.