Happy birthday to Maria Sharapova. She turns 20 today — middle-aged for a gal in professional tennis. Sadly, she has been in a slump: she’s injured, with a shaken confidence, and armed with a once-strong serve that has become a liability. What does this all mean for tennis’ “it” girl (and, more importantly, her fans)? […]
amelia island: pretty in pink (and purple)
The Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island brought out the pinks and purples. From left to right: Sybille Bammer in Erima, Nadia Petrova in Airness, Ana Ivanovic in adidas, and Tatiana Golovin in Lacoste. (All four made it to the semis, with Petrova beating Bammer and Golovin–in her bumblebee outfit–edging Ivanovic in three.) RELATED […]
lacoste: dot and dash follow-up
I have some more info about the Lacoste Dot and Dash sneakers: A bit of history, as relayed to me by Mark Godwin at Lacoste Footwear: “The shoes both date back to 1983/1984. Both shoes have had their names changed for legal reasons since the 80’s; Dot was originally known as ‘Balsa’ and Dash as […]
fashion: lacoste quickies
A few quick items on Lacoste: 1) The folks at SNKRFRKR shows us photos of the new Dot and Dash shoes. Hypebeast has tied the theme to squash (dot) and tennis (dash). Not clear on it myself. I’ll get back to you with more info… 2) Here’s a preview of the S/S/ 2007 Stealth collection, […]
fashion mishit: roddick at the players party
Here’s what Andy wore to the SEO players party two nights ago: Andy, Andy, Andy. You have an endorsement deal with one of the coolest clothiers around, and all you could come up with was a polo? Let’s go over what you could have been wearing from Lacoste‘s Spring/Summer Collection.
