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When tennis stars court couture
Formidable fashionista editrix Anna Wintour is just crushin' on Roger Federer.
The tennis star has even managed to put a smile on that famously pinched face. Thrice Wintour has shown up to cheer Federer at the US Open, swanning magisterially into the player's box. And before the tournament began,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the imperious doyenne of chic hosted a soir in his honour,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tout le monde well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at least the cr of the monde summoned to swish in presence of Vogue and vogue.
The world's top tennis ace Men's Vogue cover-boy is not merely playing celebri-jock pawn,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], flaunted like a fashion accessory. His Nike contract is about to expire and Wintour, with her global command of the style industry, is rumoured to be providing advice on how Federer can maximize his marketing potential, particularly in carriage trade endorsements beyond the sweatband audience.
She's said to be highly approving of the Swiss stud's new Man in Black and vaguely Goth silhouette. At Wimbledon, Federer was all about the crested blazer, worn to and from court. At Flushing Meadows,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he's introduced tuxedo shorts silk trim along the sides and black socks to match. gotten into fashion the last few years, done my own fashion statements on centre court at Wimbledon, Federer told the New York Times.
The traditionalist All-England Club frowns on apparel iconoclasm. But this is New York. Moreover, this is Fashion Week in New York,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a quirk of the calendar wherein the back-end of the Open rams into the front-end of the schmata spectacle. That makes the Open a Glam Slam.
Cross-pollination between tennis and fashion is everywhere evident as the elite from both universes scramble between VIP loges at either event, courtside to runway front row. Oscar de la Renta also took a seat in Federer's box. And,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with some of the game's leading vamps self-professed shopaholics and glamazons eliminated early,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the likes of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have more time to ogle frocks at the Bryant Park shows.
Of course,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the anything-goes show-courts also provide ample opportunity for trendsetting players to display their threads sense,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or lack thereof. Sharapova,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], before ignominious ouster, unveiled a lipstick red number studded with 600 Swarovski crystals and declared to the audience: This is for you! No doubt the mannequin-slim beauty arrived in New York to defend her title with a slew of fetching ensembles,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], destined never to escape the closet.
As Sharapova last year channeling Audrey Hepburn at the Open with her little black dress explained earlier: makes a difference when you feel good about what you're wearing and you feel good about putting it on,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. You feel like you're the bomb,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. just about describes her brief twirl in Queens,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Venus Williams,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], safely through to this evening's semifinal against homely-clad Justine Henin,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], chose the Open to debut her own signature collection now featured at an American discount chain.
Serena, her line available online,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], has always been a fashion revolutionary,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or overhead smash fashion crime. Recall the catsuit and motorcycle mama knee-high boots she wore on the court here in previous years.
This time, Serena went babydoll so last season at Bryant Park with the little pink bow under her heaving chest.
Pity that low ranking meant no TV exposure for American Bethanie Mattek, a portfolio of fashion who must worship at the altar of Britney Spears: Gold dress with mesh cutouts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], plummeting silver tank and tour de force from doubles match a leopard print thingy with matching visor. Coming soon to a Fredericks of Hollywood near you. Score that a love game fashion zero. |
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