Naomi Osaka brought back a fashion classic to the Garden Cup Monday night, reviving the Nike “Lolita goth” look she first debuted at the 2024 US Open for a meeting with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Osaka turned heads last summer with a sea of ruffles and bows—the result of a collaboration between Nike and Ambush’s Yoon Ahn—winning in a chartreuse variation but bowing out when donning the black-and-white version.
“I think for me, when I put on the outfit it’s almost like a super suit, so I try to channel that,” the former world No. 1 said of the outfits at the time.
Osaka has gone on to embrace the look as part of her signature style, dressing up her unreleased 2025 US Open Labubu in a kit inspired by the anime-adjacent creation.
Prior to taking on Sabalenka for the second time this week—having already pushed the reigning US Open champion to a match tiebreaker at the Atlanta Cup on Saturday—Osaka teased a return to the look on her official Instagram page: