Maria Sharapova was the person that inspired me to start my signature Fashion Retrospections way back in 2007, so this year I’m not going to skip the overview including the Russian style icon, even though she played just one tournament in 2016 due to her unfortunate suspension over positive Meldonium test.
The one event we had the pleasure of seeing Sharapova at was January’s Australian Open, where she made the quarterfinals while wearing the Nike Spring Premier Maria Dress.
The atomic orange dress nurtures sporty elegance with its inverted pleats, higher cut neckline and mesh racerback.
Additional touches include obsidian navy contrast binding, functional back zipper and perforated insets at underarms.
Even though Masha played no tournaments after the Australian Open, Nike continued to make new releases in their Maria line, like the Nike Summer Premier Maria Dress for the French Open and the Nike Lawn Premier Maria SW19 Dress for Wimbledon.
Luckily, Maria did manage to promote some of her outfits, as she decided to practice for her April 2017 comeback by playing exhibition matches. After almost nine months of inactivity, Sharapova joined the World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity exhibition in October, wearing the Nike Fall Premier Maria Tank and black Nike Fall Maria FLX Premier Short.
At the Puerto Rico exhibition against Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig, Sharapova sported the purple ombre fade version of the Nike Winter Maria Premier Skort and the bright mandarin golfball mesh Nike Winter Premier Court Flex Tank.
Nike has also released some 2017 gear and this new black and green tank bears Sharapova’s name: the Nike Spring Premier Maria Tank. It’s quite likely the Russian will go for this design when she returns to the WTA courts in spring.
I really like her sporty looks! Hoping 2017 will be a glamorous year for her.
Emman Damian, the AO dress was a mix of sportiness and glamour. My favorite Maria’s looks are those that are super glamorous and no one can pull them off like her.
I really wanted to see her wore the wimbledon dress, i thought that was the most fresh new design from Nike Maria’s collection..
I didnt like the aussie dress bwcause i thought it looks big on her, it made her looks like she is pregnant, and it doesnt look comfortable!
Whatever small number of outfits we saw this year, none of them were eye catching or head turning for me. They gradually grew on me but still not her best. I’d say her AO outfit is her best of the year and look how wonderfully they managed the meshy back look lotto better take notes ( on side note, I really really want to see more shorts in womens tennis Aga or Karolina would be my choices)
Maria who? LOL! Hopefully, with what she was exposed of doing and still lying about it, and at 27 years of age and counting, she’s out of the game for good!
Is the drug company producing Meldonium her official sponsor? In any case, they should demand their logo to be exposed! ;))
Ian, can you please check your email? You were our second best WTA ranking predictor and I want to send you a WTA autograph, but you never answered my email.
Will do, thank you Marija