Vogue's Emma Specter recently dubbed this summer to be all about “,” and I'd have to agree. Name a hot bitch who doesn't look like she plays tennis on the weekends.While tennis has inspired the fashion world for quite some time now, the ultra-luxe aesthetic has seen a renewed interest in the past few months and one of many glam-centric styles that's cropped up in the middle of our current economic tailspin.
After two quarters of , it seems natural that people would want to project wealth in their style. Fake it until you make it, et all.
Bella Hadid at the French Open tennis tournament .But like we said, tennis-inspired fashion is not a new concept. The sport (and in turn, its style) was reserved for the upper echelons of society at the turn of the 20th century—only becoming more democratic in nature as female athletes got widespread media attention.
Billie Jean King famously played against Bobby Riggs in a match dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes” while wearing hoop earrings and a white minidress.
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