Appreciating The History Of Tennis Costume Revolution

When today's photographers take a cool look at Sharapova's skirts, they should be grateful to tennis players who are brave enough to break through traditional dress ideas.

Wimbledon, the symbol of tennis authority, has become the first battleground for them to challenge the vulgar. To a certain extent, Wimbledon's history is a revolutionary history of tennis apparel.

1887: when most women wear tight corset, petticoat and a long skirt that will soon be dragged to the ground, they wrap themselves up in a tight wind. Lodi Todd, 15, wears the shortened school uniform skirt on the Wimbledon stadium. She won the Wimbledon champion of that year. Not long after, the dress standard of tennis women was relaxed to "no breathing restriction".

1905: May Sutton, the United States, has triggered the first scandal in the history of tennis, because she rolled up her sleeves on the court and showed her arms to the audience.

1919: Susan Lengrand, the fair lady from Paris, is the first player to take off the tight corset. Although her appearance in the Wimbledon makes the audience breathe faster, the loose clothes make her a legend of the world's tennis world - she lost only one game between 1919 and 1926. Her charm and boldness are the guarantee of tennis box office.

1921: Helen Wells Moody wears white cap and cardigan (winter wear) as the iconic costumes she plays.

1931: Joan Lisette turned stockings into socks and became the first female tennis players to show their legs. Her appearance marked the end of the long skirt era in tennis history.

1932: Benny Austin of the United Kingdom became the first male tennis player to wear shorts, and Alice Mar bull became the first woman to wear shorts in a year. At this time, people's moral condemnation of sportsmen's dress has tended to be mild.

1933: in order to resist the unbearable heat, French player Rene Lacoste, the founder of the crocodile brand, invented a short sleeved collar sweater. Later, lacoste and the "double line mesh weaving" manufacturers jointly produced the crocodile T-shirt and used the weaving method until now.

1946: Frenchman Ivan Petra is the last man to win long pants in Wimbledon's history.

1949: when Gusi Moran walks into Wimbledon in his short skirts and lace pants, the conservative English man is almost caught up in a collective apoplexy, and the revolution in tennis apparel is finally over. Over the past 50 years, tennis apparel has only slightly improved in terms of material and style.