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We've been over this before. Naomi Osaka posted in April 2025 that she is "absolutely treating every Grand Slam like it's the Met Gala" from that point forward, and each Grand Slam outfit has been better than the last.
Osaka, ranked No. 14, took Court 3 at Wimbledon for her first-round match against Elsa Jacquemot on Monday, June 29. Before she did anything, she won the day in her all-white kimono — pushing creative yet elegant bounds within the strict all-white dress code.
After her straight-set win over Jacquemot, Osaka, 28, opened her post-match press conference by going into detail about her Wimbledon couture.
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"When someone talks about Wimbledon — or when I think about Wimbledon, it's obviously the all white, but it's the oldest tournament, right? The oldest Slam? Yeah," Osaka said. "There’s obviously the tradition of it all, and in my head when I think about that, I think about my culture, my heritage, which is Japanese and Haitian, and then if I dive deeper into Japanese culture I think about the most iconic silhouette, which, for me, is the kimono."
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Osaka added, "I was just thinking about my favorite movies also. I love 'Kill Bill,' and then I remembered absolutely falling in love with Lucy Liu's character, and she has an all-white kimono. [...] It was like my interpretation of that, while also paying a lot of respect and love to Japan."
On Instagram, British Vogue relayed that Osaka worked with Tokyo-based designer Hana Yagi. At Roland-Garros last month, Osaka clarified that "Nike is the only one who makes my match dresses [and] kits," and "designers work around preexisting designs."
Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion, with the four titles coming from the Australian Open (2019, 2021) and US Open (2018, 2020). She will next play Anastasia Gasanova in Wimbledon's second round on Wednesday, July 1. Watch her full first-round presser below.
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