Vania King tennis fashion

January 21, 2012 1:58 PM

What brand of clothing is Vania King wearing in this picture from the Australian Open earlier this week?

asking for my tennis clothing obsessed sister-in-law: Vania King wore this dress in a match at the Australian Open earlier this week. she's dying to know what brand King is wearing, but we can't find it. We don't think it's Li-Ning. She's googled her brains out, but we can't figure out what it is! Thanks!

posted by nanhey to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (9 answers total)

I've tweeted an Aussie sports journalist who is covering the Open to ask if he can help. He's a good guy, goes out of his way to help people. Hopefully he can either find out or direct us to someone who can. I'll update you when I get a response.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 2:18 PM on January 21, 2012

This blog doesn't appear to have the answer, but the proprietor might know - it's a tennis fashion blog.
posted by kickingthecrap at 2:23 PM on January 21, 2012

Looks familiar... Do you know if she has a shoe sponsor? That might be a lead...
posted by ArgyleMarionette at 2:30 PM on January 21, 2012

You could also try to ask her via Twitter, @queen_v21
posted by argonauta at 2:32 PM on January 21, 2012

She says here that Lacoste sponsors her for shoes and clothing.
posted by Ideefixe at 2:34 PM on January 21, 2012

Response by poster: My friend has tweeted at her but hasn't gotten a response. You can see the whole dress here.

She's been sponsored by Fila and Lacoste for clothing in the past, but that logo is neither and we can't find that dress on either of their websites or a big online tennis retailer.

Thanks for the help everyone maybe we can still find it...
posted by nanhey at 2:37 PM on January 21, 2012

Sorry, should have clarified: meant that if you happened to notice what shoes she was wearing the same day or during this tournament, that might be a lead, even if her sponsor changed recently... the shoes may have a more easily identifiable (or at least bigger) mark on them.

(it's a cool dress!)
posted by ArgyleMarionette at 2:44 PM on January 21, 2012

Response by poster: Her shoes are Babalot, which is her racquet brand. They don't make women's apparel (yet!).
posted by nanhey at 2:47 PM on January 21, 2012

When I worked at a professional sporting goods company, we put the athletes in next year's stuff to both be unique and generate buzz.
posted by k8t at 3:44 PM on January 21, 2012