Fashion Police: US Open 2017 Edition

[skip1969]

Well, tourney's more than half-way through. By now we've seen just about all the kits on offer. Rain is in the forecast for this week, so at some point, we'll need something frivolous to talk about. So, lets post the good and the bad of what's on offer for our hard earned money.

 

[skip1969]

I like.

 

[skip1969]

I don't like.

Nike's shiny black leatherette collection was particularly disturbing.

 

[skip1969]

Probably my least favorite shirt of all.

 

[ollinger]

Rain is in the forecast for this week, so at some point, we'll need something frivolous to talk

Pre-roof, perhaps

 

[tennis.life]

I actually like Nike's gear this year.

 

[David Le]

I don't like.

Nike's shiny black leatherette collection was particularly disturbing.

Haha the sweats made it even worse.

 

[David Le]

I actually like Nike's gear this year.

Ehh you and like every other teen. Nike had better ones in the past. '14 was a good one, 2010, 2013, 2007, '08.

 

[Bobby Jr]

Taro Daniel's clothing was interesting. It's a Japanese brand called Roche. They do nice stuff but usually too many ideas combined into one design - a case of more is sometimes a little too much.

 

[McLovin]

I kinda like this combo, but don't care for the 'racing stripe' down the back:

 

[robbo1970]

I've been disappointed with the offerings from Adidas and Nike over the last few tournaments to be honest. I know the clothing sponsorship counts towards a lot of these players' earnings, but it has to come to a point where some of them just say "I'm not wearing that". Particularly some of the Adidas abominations. Stick to the day job Pharrell.

I like the Ellesse and Fila stuff though, but my favourite at the moment (although I haven't seen any during the USO matches I have watched) is the Tacchini stuff. Old school cool.

 

[CosmosMpower]

Monfils is still wearing the GR6?

 

[Turbo-87]

I thought the outfit Halep had to wear was hideous.

 

[nick_crompton]

I kinda like this combo, but don't care for the 'racing stripe' down the back:

Gurufils looks really nice here, wouldn't you say @Krish872007 ? The colors all complement each other, and he looks determined to win!

 

[Krish872007]

Gurufils looks really nice here, wouldn't you say @Krish872007 ? The colors all complement each other, and he looks determined to win!

Very much agree, great thread!
I would put Monfils on the front page of the ATP Calendar.

 

[nick_crompton]

Very much agree, great thread!
I would put Monfils on the front page of the ATP Calendar.

A great player like him deserves at least a mention from the ATP.

 

[Krish872007]

A great player like him deserves at least a mention from the ATP.

More like a shrine. Or at the very least an honorary degree in Tennis.

 

[nick_crompton]

More like a shrine. Or at the very least an honorary degree in Tennis.

 

[every7]

Probably my least favorite shirt of all.

Besides some of Almagro-exclusives, the styling of the Joma gear is usually pretty horrible imo.

 

[tennis.life]

Ehh you and like every other teen. Nike had better ones in the past. '14 was a good one, 2010, 2013, 2007, '08.

Yeah, I really meant Fed's gear, his US Open gear has always been the best.

 

[Bobby Jr]

Besides some of Almagro-exclusives, the styling of the Joma gear is usually pretty horrible imo.

Oddly though, a range Carreno Busta wore earlier this year was excellent - one of the better looking designs out there this year.

 

[David Le]

Yeah, I really meant Fed's gear, his US Open gear has always been the best.

Have you seen his '08 UPS gear? One of the worst.

 

[NickJ]

Stick to the day job Pharrell.

Please, don't even do that . . .

 

[abhimawa]

• Like: all Fila (both men and women), Asics (all except CoCo Overweighe), Adidas (all)
• Dislike: Nike (all; especially Sharapova with black outfit, makes me want to ask her for a table dance), Qiaodan sporting on Svetlana Kuznetsova (super ugly), Kapeni's outfit (looks like WWF outfit)

 

[McLovin]

• Dislike: Nike (all; especially Sharapova with black outfit, makes me want to ask her for a table dance)

I fail to see why that is a dislike...

 

[abhimawa]

I fail to see why that is a dislike...

The Sharapova? On second thought, I like it a lot

 

[ik_ben_groot]

Good album with close ups on a lot of player's shoes
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/galleries/2017-09-06/feets_of_greatness.html?promo=right_rail

 

[mpournaras]

Good album with close ups on a lot of player's shoes
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/galleries/2017-09-06/feets_of_greatness.html?promo=right_rail

Black socks on anything besides predominantly black shoes is atrocious. That goes for every Nike player this US Open including Rafa.

What happened to all these?

 

[J011yroger]

Black socks on anything besides predominantly black shoes is atrocious. That goes for every Nike player this US Open including Rafa.

What happened to all these?

If a shoe is predominantly any color but the tongue is black, I think it looks sharp with black socks.

J

 

[nick_crompton]

Oddly though, a range Carreno Busta wore earlier this year was excellent - one of the better looking designs out there this year.

I like that shirt. Looks bespoke on a fellow like Pablo.

 

[mpournaras]

If a shoe is predominantly any color but the tongue is black, I think it looks sharp with black socks.

J

Okay I'll let that slide. Still not the case here haha

 

[every7]

Good Outfits:
Karolina Pliskova - The multicolour facet patterned skirt and top that she wore was eye catching and looked comfortable to play in.
Sloane Stephens - The best women's outfit of the tournament imo. A burst of colour perfectly suited to the player and the occasion.
Fed Training Outfits - The red Federer / Jordan training outfits (usually a white shirt with red shorts) have been the best men's clothes on court this year imo

Bad Outfits:
Kevin Anderson - The boring Lotto aquamarine and navy kit looked cold against the proponderance of US Open Blue around the court and partitions. Lotto took no risks with design and still managed to look awful.
Ocean Dodin - The slightly strange baggy red shirt / skirt (or was it a skort?) combo looked unusual imo. Sad to see the best dressed player on tour get given a bad kit by Nike for this US Open.

 

[Matthew Lee]

I liked Nishikori and Djokovic's outfits at the US Open, the light blue and majority white and...wait a minute...

 

[tennis.life]

Have you seen his '08 UPS gear? One of the worst.

yes but 2009 was good

 

[Bobby Jr]

I like that shirt. Looks bespoke on a fellow like Pablo.

That range is fairly easy to get and pretty cheap on the Joma website. That design comes in multiple colours too.

 

[BorgCash]

That range is fairly easy to get and pretty cheap on the Joma website. That design comes in multiple colours too.

Joma makes good quality stuff at good price.

 

[THE MAN]

Rafa's pink jacket and hat is to much.

 

[Sir 250]

I thought the outfit Halep had to wear was hideous.

I'm sure those are fancy new shoes from Adidas, but from the waist down she looks like a cheerleader with 80's Reeboks. Unfortunate, and best forgotten.

 

[fed1]

Halep's shoes are not new shoes, those are the Defiant Bounces she's been wearing since Miami.

 

[MasterZeb]

The Nike team line was horrendous this year. As was Nadals day outfit. Personally was a fan of the old school look of Adidas, but Halep was definitely a no no. Feliciano looked good as always. Querrey looked surprisingly good aswell

 

[MichaelNadal]

Queen and Nadal looked the best

 

[speedysteve]

Gurufils looks really nice here, wouldn't you say @Krish872007 ? The colors all complement each other, and he looks determined to win!

Grey and yellow works well.
Many corporates use that colour.
Corps and Guru? Uhuhh

 

[speedysteve]

Queen and Nadal looked the best

Nadal in Pink or black?
The black was okay..

 

[Turbo-87]

Rafa's pink jacket and hat is to much.

I agree. Years from now he will look back on that neon pink jacket and wonder what the heck he was doing wearing that. I'm all for bold splashes of color, but not that way. I did think his night gear was cool.

 

[THE MAN]

I agree. Years from now he will look back on that neon pink jacket and wonder what the heck he was doing wearing that. I'm all for bold splashes of color, but not that way. I did think his night gear was cool.

He may have not had a choice either. I 'am sure it was Nike's call. The night gear was cool except for way to many Nike pink swooshes showing.

 

[Turbo-87]

I don't watch rafa much but I was too distracted trying to figure out his routine before serving or receiving. I think it was butt pick, shoulder, other shoulder, nose, ear, nose, other ear, forehead.

 

[nick_crompton]

[QUOTE="every7, post: 11596328, member: 649007"
Kevin Anderson - The boring Lotto aquamarine and navy kit looked cold against the proponderance of US Open Blue around the court and partitions. Lotto took no risks with design and still managed to look awful.
[/QUOTE]

Not a bad outfit, but it seemed more appropriate for the Tour Finals. Bespoke, but not fitting of the USO.

 

[ArliHawk]

I like.

Liked the Schwartzman shirt, but went with navy shorts. Only wish I could get the Lopez Ellesse stuff. Classy both of them.

 

[jmacdaununder2]

[QUOTE="every7, post: 11596328, member: 649007"
Kevin Anderson - The boring Lotto aquamarine and navy kit looked cold against the proponderance of US Open Blue around the court and partitions. Lotto took no risks with design and still managed to look awful.

Not a bad outfit, but it seemed more appropriate for the Tour Finals. Bespoke, but not fitting of the USO.[/QUOTE]

Final itself was boring, cold and not fitting of the USO in most ways; Fed would have looked great out there - if his back let him get that far - but that's want you get when you try to manipulate the draw...#querryisnerconspiracytheory

 

[every7]

#querryisnerconspiracytheory