Maud Watson is the first female Wimbledon champion to wear WHITE DRESS.
She won the Wimbledon Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Championship in 1884. Watson, the first woman Wimbledon champion, wore a white, long, bustled two-piece dress at that competition, popularizing the white tennis attire actually for a very simple reason – sweat stains don’t appear that much on white clothes while playing. Ever since, the white attire became the part of Wimbledon championship’s tradition.
Today, every tennis apparel brand makes a total white Wimbledon collection. The pieces can have small colored details such as a logo.
Respecting the tradition, Wimbledon is the only professional tennis tournament where players can wear only white. Extremely elegant choice for the tennis outfit, white is not that popular anymore for many practical reasons. Modern performance fabrics look better in colors and white can easily become transparent after sweating. As tennis became very physical sport new fashion trends are getting adopted due to this fact. Vivid colors, newly popular tule-like inserts in women’s tennis dresses to make it as lighter as possible.
If you are a “tennis whites” lover and opt for perfect white polo shirt some brands such as Fred Perry and Lacoste always have nicely cut traditional white tennis clothes.
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