With barely a break in between the grass and hardcourt seasons (the grass at Wimbledon hasn’t even grown back yet!) we turn to what fashion is in store for us this summer. Nike has positioned itself for the months leading up to the U.S. Open by designing a fall ’07 Heritage Collection inspired by their […]
flashback: nike's summer '07 heritage collection (plus a puma bonus)
While Nike was showering Roger Federer with all sorts of fancy clothes at Wimbledon, they quietly put together a Roger line for the Nike Heritage collection. The logo: a crest with three crowns representing his three U.S. Open titles (you can sorta make it out in that center pic). The collection includes a track jacket, […]
short balls friday: grass in NYC, open call for ballkids, racquet stringers, etc.
A stringer on stringers: Here’s a New York Times profile on racquet stringers Nate Ferguson and Ron Yu. Interesting tidbit: “(Roger) Federer usually requests three different tensions: high, medium and low. Each racket has three little stickers telling him which it is. He changes rackets every time the balls are replaced by a fresh batch […]
wimbledon preview: ivanovic’s adidas outfit
Ana Ivanovic‘s camp does their part to feed the Wimbledon fashion machine, releasing photos of her adidas outfit for the upcoming grass court tournament. The purple version on the right will be what Ana will wear while playing the U.S. Open. All the dresses we’ve seen so far look pretty tame. (Do you like her […]
the french open online store
Have you seen the goods they’re hawking at the French Open online store? I would buy most of the stuff (my picks are in this photo above), but unfortunately I already own too much red. Don’t even get me started again on how lame the U.S. Open store is compared to its Roland Garros counterpart. […]