The 2016 French Open starts on May 16th and the WTA outfit releases for the tournament are kicking into top gear now. After showing you Marion Bartoli’s Fila limited-edition collection for her home Grand Slam, six days ago I presented lilac, fresh yellow and glacial clothes Stella McCartney prepared for Caroline Wozniacki, Garbine Muguruza and other representatives of Adidas’ Barricade line, while now I will show you what Ana Ivanovic and Simona Halep will sport at the biggest claycourt event, and you can expect a lot more Roland Garros fashion stories in the coming days.
As you can see, the first big news is that Adidas is again going for Yohji Yamamoto’s Y-3 line, to the delight of us all! Just like last year at Roland Garros, there will be one pretty much solid black dress and one printed design (in 2015 the print was floral, while now it’s black and white, at first glance resembling a zebra).
The clothes were first shown at Adidas’ Japanese website, while now they’re available both at Tennis Warehouse and Tennis Warehouse Europe.
The designer combined classic black and white in his unique way to once again create memorable clothes, while the touch of red (or orange, as it looks in some pics), provides a perfect pop of color. The shirts feature black faux suspenders, nicely breaking up the “zebra” print.
Simona Halep will probably wear the above tank and skirt. The skirt looks like something Stella McCartney would create, but the tank is totally Yohjiesque.
UPDATE: Adidas has published a press release and I wrote about the collection in more detail in my post Adidas’ dazzle camouflage collection for Roland Garros 2016: In motion even when it is still. Moreover, now I can show you all the items that the collection includes:
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 On Court Dress
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Tank
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Event T-Shirt
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 J’adore T-Shirt
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 3/4 Sleeve Top
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Skirt
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Leggings
- Adidas Adizero Y-3 2016 Shoes
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Visor
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Hat
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Headtie
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Wristbands
- Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Bag
WHAT OTHERS WILL WEAR AT THE 2016 FRENCH OPEN COURTS:
- From catwalks to Paris clay: Agnieszka Radwanska‘s coral lacy Lotto dress
- Nike honors France with Serena Williams‘ and Madison Keys‘ blue outfits
- Venus Williams‘ Geo Swirl collection by EleVen
- Caroline Wozniacki‘s and Garbine Muguruza‘s Adidas by Stella McCartney lilac designs with subtle floral print
- Gingham style: Karolina Pliskova‘s and Yaroslava Shvedova‘s Fila clothes
- Jelena Jankovic’s colorful limited-edition Fila dresses by Marion Bartoli
- Lacoste styles for Dominika Cibulkova and Elena Vesnina
- Alize Lim‘s Le Coq Sportif jumpsuit
- Maria Sharapova
will wearthis Nike dress - Ball girls’ Adidas Y-3 outfits
Wow! Stunning! Ana looks gorgeous!
Adidas have a problem with their front stars and should find a replacement for Ana Ivanovic as well since her play isn’t good enough. Pity these pretty clothes won’t be seen so much.
Yes, you’re right Claire, but I still don’t agree with you. Even while they are having bad results, Ana, Caro etc still get more attention from the media than other young girl. So I can understand the decision from Adidas to keep them.
Very ugly. Too busy on the eyes, because of the pattern.
I like the dresses intended for Ana. I would love to see her in the solid black dress. It’s really chic! About the zebra print, it looks innovative and would definitely create a noise in the court.
I really like the black dress. I think the zebra one is nice too, but I agree that it is too busy for the tennis court – too much colour contrast – and I think it will distract from the play. Also I am not sure Ana is really the zebra type.
I love the zebra print so much and that slight touch of red is just the cherry on top of delicious cake 😉
Another hit for addidas! Great dresses.
When I saw zebra dress for first time I said “how horrible”. But now I think that it’s absolutely amazing. Good job, Yohji Yamamoto.
dream came true again! Yay!!!! another collaboration with Y-3 🙂
Seems like we already have the winner for RG’s fashion style. Hopefully Ana and whoever wear this dress gives justice by moving to later round of the tournament. I pray to you God…
Love it! 😀
Have been watching Roland Garros today. Ivanovic in the dress, Kerber in the shirt and skirt and Thiem in the menswear. May look nice on the pictures but they all look awful on court. The suspenders idea, and the cut is not flattering orl sporty at all. Adidas really got it wrong this time.
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