Over in London, Wimbledon is well underway, and we—as per usual—are keeping our eyes trained on the stands for the finest celebrity fashions. (Hello, Olivia Rodrigo, Louis Partridge, and Cate Blanchett!) But this year, the court is rivaling the stands in terms of style.
Wimbledon has the strictest player dress code of the Grand Slam tournaments. Competitors are required to wear almost entirely white (“White does not include off white or cream,” they clarify on their website). But that isn’t stopping the likes of Coco Gauff and Lorenzo Musetti, both of whom made strong fashion statements with their court-appropriate looks.
Yesterday, Gauff hit the court in an ultra-feminine New Balance kit—a pleated kilt and a lace tank top embellished with 3D butterflies. No stone went unturned with her outfit, right down to the sweet, lettuce-trimmed socks that peeked out from her white and mint-green tennis shoes. Goff, fresh off her French Open title, lost the match to Ukrainian player Dayana Yastremska, but at least her kit got its moment in the sun.
Gauff isn’t the only player who worked within the confines of the Wimbledon dress code to deliver a look. Yesterday, Italian player Lorenzo Musetti walked onto the court in a white Bottega Veneta jacket in the label’s signature intrecciato leather weave—another hint at what we can expect from creative director Louise Trotter. While Musetti also lost his match to the Georgian player Nikoloz Basilashvili, not all is lost: Musetti was named a Bottega Veneta global ambassador. Talk about a serve!
