fashion focus: maria’s us open day/night looks for the 2011 us open

Maria Sharapova Day Dress

Maria Sharapova Evening Dress

Shades of grey: The folks at Nike are keeping Maria Sharapova in very muted-colored dresses at this year’s U.S. Open. Her loosely fitted (i.e., casual) day dress is accented by a bright “solar red” while the more tight-fitting night dress — inspired by New York, of course — mixes up shiny and matte fabrics to evoke the colors of the concrete jungle at dusk. They slapped on “high voltage yellow” on the back straps of the night dress to give it some pop.

View: Watch Nike Tennis Creative Director Janice Lucena and Footwear Development Director Gary McCourt discuss Sharapova’s kit in-depth.

(images and video courtesy of Nike)