"Naomi Osaka's renowned 125mph serve is positively slow compared to the jellyfish's sting, which can cover 10 to 20 micrometres in less than one-millionth of a second. But it wasn't just the invertebrate's speed that the tennis player was calling on when she wore a jellyfish-inspired outfit to face Antonia Ruzic of Croatia in their first-round match at the Australian Open."
"As Osaka told Vogue before the match, which she went on to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, the inspiration came when she was reading a storybook to her two-year-old daughter, Shai: Reading to my daughter, discovering beauty in unexpected places like the underwater world, working with artists who care about meaning those moments have all shaped the way I see this expression now."
"Wun, who is reportedly a big tennis fan, had been inspired by Osaka for one of his previous collections. One of the looks from my fall 2024 collection was inspired by her moment at court, when a butterfly landed on her face mid-match, he told Vogue, referencing the moment during the 2021 Australian Open, a tournament she went on to win, when a butterfly landed on her face in her third-round match against Tunisian Ons Jabeur."
Naomi Osaka wore a jellyfish-inspired outfit during her Australian Open first-round match against Antonia Ruzic, combining a pleated miniskirt over wide-legged trousers, a wide-brimmed hat with a white veil, and a parasol. The ensemble used a watery turquoise and green palette and soft frills alluding to tentacles. The design resulted from collaboration among Nike, longtime creative collaborator Marty Harper, and London couturier Robert Wun. The inspiration included moments reading a storybook to her two-year-old daughter, Shai, and an interest in discovering beauty in the underwater world. Osaka won the match 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
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