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AI garment reconstruction: Maria Sharapova, US Open 2014. Maria Sharapova at US Open in 2014: curved mesh panels in a little black dress.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Maria Sharapova · 2014

Black, interrupted

Curving mesh panels open up a little black tennis dress.

The story behind the look

Opaque black fabric shapes the fitted bodice, then gives way to curved mesh and layered panels across the skirt. The scooped neckline narrows towards a racerback.

Sharapova worked with Nike on the black night-session dress, describing simplicity and precise detailing as central to the design. Mesh at the sides and waist provided ventilation, with moulded cups and a racerback inside its supporting construction.