Olympic Theme: Hundreds Of Years Of Gestation, Thousands Of Fashion Elements Bloom Together

On January 17, 2005, in the first round of the Australian Open women's singles, Serena wore a new tennis skirt, skirt Mesh design of the fabric increases breathability

On May 21, 2005, during the Mercedes Benz celebrity tennis match, Kournikova wore a sexy waist revealing jersey

On September 2, 2005, in the third round of the US Open Women's Singles, David Williams and Hantuchuva both wore off shoulder jerseys

Picture: On June 22, 1946, during the Wimbledon women's singles match, the "jersey" was very similar to the current white-collar (white-collar blog, white-collar news, white-collar say it) women's clothing.

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Picture: In 1930, the training clothes of May Sutton, the two Wimbledon women's singles champion, were quite bold. The long skirt still looks bloated, but it raises the height a lot; The training jacket has been slightly shrunk, and has sleeveless style.

Picture: Suzanne Lenglen was in the women's singles competition at Wimbledon in 1924. The dress of a very lady is very incongruous with this posture. The hem of the skirt is very wide. No matter how big the step is, it is not afraid, but the length still hinders the running.

Over the past 100 years, the world women's tennis has undergone tremendous changes. Women players have no need to stay in place for a long time. They can show their footwork at will on the court, which benefits from the change of competition rules, but is also closely related to the reform of tennis clothing. Do you remember those black and white photos in the early years? They were all wearing long skirts that were almost dragged on the ground. Now, tennis skirts are getting shorter and shorter. It seems that they are not ladies or celebrities, but the players are more relaxed and flexible.

After all, you can run. After all, women's tennis has finally become a sport rather than entertainment. After being polished by more than 100 growth rings, today's women's tennis clothes have become a fashion vane with its profound historical background and sharp fashion flavor.

The early women's tennis clothes were derived from the clothes of the noble ladies in the Middle Ages. All the long sleeved skirts were matched with hats or headscarves; The cuff must be tightly wrapped around the wrist, and the skirt must cover the ankle. Because of the tennis dress regulations at that time, women tennis players must wear "ankle long white dress, waistcoat, petticoat and hat". The first generation of women tennis players ran around in front of the net wrapped in this dress, which was like a mobile cloth pocket filled with gas. The bulkiness of the long skirt often forced them to devote their energy to cope with the resulting resistance airflow, and they should always be careful not to let their hats or turbans fall off.

However, there are also other types, such as Maud Watson from Britain. Although she also wore a knee length dress on the court, she was much more open and less burdensome than other players of her time, which made her win the first two Wimbledon women's singles championships. Her dress surprised all the audience at that time, but was recognized as the ancestor of modern women's tennis clothes.

After the First World War, the conservative dress tradition of tennis has changed to a certain extent, so in 1919, the French player Susan Langren became another shining symbol in the history of women's tennis clothes. She changed the long sleeves to short sleeves, and matched them with loose knee length pleated skirts and stockings. This lightweight equipment helped her win six Wimbledon championships and two Olympic gold medals, and also won the classic comment of the media: "The bare leg battle on the tennis court".

Since then, the amazing frequency of women's tennis clothes has become increasingly high: in 1936, the American player Helen Jacobs wore shorts for the first time and won easily. After the game, she said, "I owe half of my victory to my shorts"; In 1939, Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs replaced the white shirt with a white T-shirt; In 1950, American player Gussie Moran showed off a fashionable shirt with a mini skirt and boxer shorts at Wimbledon. This jersey was designed by Pierre Bormann, a famous designer at that time, specifically for the sports characteristics of women players, and became popular throughout the 1950s and 1960s, because women players no longer have to worry about "going away" when wearing it.

However, the bold innovation and innovation of women players on tennis clothes in this period did not gain widespread recognition. Susan Langren's "short sleeve+pleated skirt" was ridiculed as "the dress of track and field athletes", Helen Jacobs's shorts were reprimanded as "indecent", and Bobby Riggs, wearing a white T-shirt, was called "the bottom people".

Fortunately, the audience's taste has become more and more fashionable and tolerant with the innovation of tennis clothes. In 1979, Linda Siegel, 18, first appeared at Wimbledon wearing a tennis dress with suspenders. Although such a dress is common today, it was no different from a blockbuster at that time. This avant-garde creativity immediately caught the audience's attention. Although Linda was soon defeated by the legendary American Billy Jane King, she was the star of the Wimbledon. Since then, the word "sexy" has been officially integrated with women's tennis, and the audience has also known that the scenery on the tennis court is far more than just hitting back and forth.

After the 1990s, women's tennis clothes entered a real "golden age". Various tennis skirts and tennis suits of various colors and styles have sprung up like mushrooms. The hollowed out, lace, holes in the chest and back of the tennis suit are leaking through the net, and with the latest high-tech achievements, it is becoming a fascinating sight. The evolution trend of women's tennis clothes is moving towards "the neckline is getting lower and lower, the skirt is getting shorter and shorter, and the fabric is getting less and less".

However, Wimbledon should be mentioned in particular. No matter how high your world ranking is, you have to wear a white uniform to compete here. In 1985, American contestant Anne White appeared in a white tights, but was ordered to change her clothes immediately, otherwise she would be deprived of the right to participate; Sharapova (wiki) was also ordered to change her tennis dress with suspenders because it was not white and long enough for training.

Today's tennis skirt seems to have entered a design style of "thin, transparent and revealing". Fish scale back, flounces, deep V-neck... are incompatible with history, but they are deeply in line with modern people's aesthetics. The trace of history is clearly shown on the cultural symbol of tennis. The tennis skirt proves the beauty from one era to another through a women's sport. How wonderful it is

In 1921, Dorothea Douglas, who won the Wimbledon women's singles championship seven times, backhanded two women professors at leisure.

Such clothes are probably the legendary classicism. With the headdress removed, the jacket is also tied in the skirt waist, and the skirt hem is also open, making it easier to move, but the length of the skirt remains unchanged.

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