NAOMI OSAKA SPARKLES IN CRYSTAL-STUDDED RED LOOK AT US OPEN

Naomi Osaka turned her US Open return into a full-on fashion spectacle, serving up a bombshell look that stole the spotlight just as much as her performance under the lights.

She entered Louis Armstrong Stadium clad in a head-to-toe red Nike ensemble, an embellished cropped jacket paired with a matching bubble-hem tennis dress that shimmered with crystal accents, designed to pop under the night match lighting. To elevate the drama, she wore sparkling 3D rosettes in her hair (which she’d remove before play), coordinated red Nike “GP Challenge I ‘Naomi Osaka’” sneakers, and blinged-out accessories including crystal-studded Beats headphones and a red Labubu charm decked out with its own mini royal-blue tennis racket. The custom doll, a nod to the viral collectible, was cheekily named “Billie Jean Bling” in honor of tennis legend Billie Jean King.

Osaka admitted that the outfit was a whirlwind of planning, “really elaborate,” she confessed, especially given performance constraints and tight timing. But she also said it was designed specifically for this night match because “the crystals are really hard to do on a performance outfit,” and she “just thought it would be really fun to do a New York under the lights.”

Her style is a playful culmination of a year-long floral storytelling motif, from sunflower motifs in Australia to cherry blossom nods at Roland-Garros, and reasserted her place not just as a powerhouse athlete, but also as a trendsetting player in sports fashion culture.