Four incredible sketches depicting the natty tennis clothing of 1921.
Pictured in this file is Sis Hopkin's "Middy Blouse" for tennis. Cut to resemble a sailor's jumper, a popular look for girl's upper-class leisure attire, the ad ran in VOGUE and TOWN & COUNTRY:
"A chic and charming blouse for the charming summer girlie at the paddle, in the tennis court or in the school room". This article dates to a the dear, dead days when tennis balls were white and landscapers (rather than diesel machinery) were relied upon to make tennis courts; it was also a time when the abilities of a skilled tailor were required for tennis clothing. These court-side stylists would not simply monitor the drape of tennis trousers but they would anticipate the unspoken needs of their tennis dandies - and in so doing, the tennis blazer was born. A smattering of tennis shoes from the Sears Catalog of 1919. The above link will display a very different sort of tennis shoe than the sort that we see today; it was not made by Chinese prison labor nor could it be fastened with Velcro... |
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