This week marks the official start of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Tennis players continue to up their style game, and their outfitters—like Nike and Fila—are reciprocating. Nike players Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer are stepping out in bright red, pink, and blue—not your traditional whites. Fila’s players, like Svetlana Kuznetsova, are [...]

Although the opening ceremonies of the U.S. Open, which took place last night at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, included a performance by Earth, Wind & Fire, a speech on the history of tennis from Forest Whitaker, an appearance from Mayor Bloomberg, and a few of the Broadway hits from the cast of “Jersey Boys,” [...]

With a little help from Nike, do-ragged tennis stud Rafael Nadal will debut a more “mature” court wardrobe at the U.S. Open. Mesh makes the man, as they say.
Marc Jacobs has a tattoo that reads “bros before hos.” Yeah, we kinda already figured that’s how he swung.
—Evelyn Crowley

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