{"id":185571,"date":"2025-08-29T21:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185571\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:19:10","slug":"us-open-an-upscale-preppy-runway-as-fans-sport-chic-tennis-themed-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185571\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open an upscale preppy runway as fans sport chic tennis-themed fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re serving high fashion!<\/p>\n<p>Trendsetters are turning<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/29\/sports\/iga-swiatek-fends-off-suzan-lamens-to-advance-at-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the US Open<\/a> into an upscale preppy runway complete with tennis-themed heels,\u00a0chic designer dresses and neon-green manicures \u2014 with one fan confessing, \u201cI\u2019m just here for the fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The stylish set is giving the Kentucky Derby <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/29\/us-news\/us-open-drink-the-watermelon-slice-all-the-racket-in-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a run for its money<\/a> by dressing to the nines \u2014\u00a0some in \u00a0 $15,000 outfits \u2014 and hoping to be seen everywhere from social media to TV land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care about tennis. I\u2019m just here for the fashion. There\u2019s really great outfits,\u201d Elena Miglino, a 38-year-old makeup artist, told The Post Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nichole Schier dressed to the nines with a Kate Spade tennis purse and matching nails. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Schier wore a \u201cUS Open\u201d bracelet made by her daughter. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Schier sported a bag in the shape of a tennis ball. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ll post on social media. Maybe I\u2019ll make a funny TikTok,\u201d said Miglino, a former reality TV contestant from \u201cParis Hilton\u2019s My New BFF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma Goodwyn, 27, a stay-at-home mom of two from Tennessee, strutted into <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/28\/sports\/us-open-2025-live-updates-second-and-third-round-news-highlights-viral-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Ashe Stadium <\/a>sporting a white tennis skirt and homemade high heels with tennis balls spiked through the back.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/28\/sports\/us-open-2025-live-updates-second-and-third-round-news-highlights-viral-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow along for The Post\u2019s live coverage of the 2025 US Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband loves tennis. I married into a tennis family, so I decided I love tennis clothes \u2014 that is my angle,\u201d the Nashville resident said. <\/p>\n<p>Her heels were inspired by the sporty-chic look Zendaya rocked while promoting the sexy <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/25\/entertainment\/challengers-review-steamy-zendaya-movie-is-this-years-saltburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tennis flick \u201cChallengers\u201d<\/a> last year, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Goodwin rocked homemade tennis-themed heels inspired by Zendaya. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Goodwin said her heels were inspired by Zendaya. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Other fashionistas put their own unique spin on the court-side couture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year I decided to do an actual play on the tennis ball,\u201d said Nichole Schier, a banker from West Orange, NJ,\u00a0 who wore a Kate Spade tennis ball-shaped purse with matching neon-green nail polish.<\/p>\n<p>Gechi Nzewi and Victor Banjo wore coordinating outfits to the tournament. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go for the tennis but I am all about the fashion,\u201d said Schier, who also rocked a fitted white skirt, a\u00a0 fedora\u00a0with a\u00a0tennis ball scarf and a bracelet that read \u201cUS Open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just love to just have a little bit of fun; it\u2019s nice to have people spot me and say, \u2018You look great.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/19\/lifestyle\/the-us-open-has-become-a-raucous-party-and-this-year-will-be-even-boozier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stadium revelers<\/a> sported shirts tied around their necks, Ralph Lauren polos and expensive loafers, with some plunking down big bucks to look stylish at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Hahn and wife, Sierra Hahn, said they got \u201cpolished\u201d up to come to the tournament. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Hahn, 33, of Dallas, was decked out in\u00a0Gucci socks,\u00a0a Lacoste button-up, a $12,000 Rolex watch and a custom-made tennis ring from Florence, Italy \u2014\u00a0an outfit he estimated cost about $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a major tournament, so we got a little more polished up,\u201d he said of himself and his wife, Sierra, who appeared on the tournament\u2019s \u201ckiss cam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Cangiamila holding a stack of honey deuce cups on day 5 of the 2025 US Open. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We did it] just for the sake of coming and dressing up, it\u2019s a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennis buff Samuel Phillips, 23, looked slick in white linen pants, a baby blue Adidas polo and white Stan Smith shoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Phillips said he brought his fashion \u201cA game\u201d to the US Open. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Philips wore white Stan Smith shoes with his outfit.\u00a0 Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew this was an event where the fashion came to play with the fans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018OK, I gotta put on my A game.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019re serving high fashion! 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