Forget Grand Slams ¡ª these are grand entrances. On Monday, Day 1 of Wimbledon, Naomi Osaka made the case yet again that, when it comes to on-court fashion, she is, if nothing else, completely changing her game.
This time around ¡ª and even though there was a last-minute kerfuffle about whether she would even be able to appear, given a foot injury ¡ª Osaka, the 14th-seeded player (and former world No. 1), did her walk-on in an all-white look by Hana Yagi, an independent Japanese designer, titled ¡°Evolving Ceremony.¡±
Modeled on a traditional kimono as well as the Âᨱ²Ô¾±³ó¾±³Ù´Ç±ð, a?12-layer dress worn by noblewomen in the Heian period from 794 to 1185, the gown was made from seven different textiles upcycled from vintage kimonos, a traditional shiromuku wedding dress and a deconstructed wedding dress.
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