TENNIS FROCKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3450, 26 November 1932, Page 3

TENNIS FROCKS.

There was something new in the tennis kit when the season opened in England this year. Pleated skirts are relegated to a dim but attractive past. For they were not really satisfactory from a player's point of view. They blow about too much, and consequently take the best player's mind momentarily off the game—which nowadays is inexcusable. They are expensive and troublesome to launder, and they do not "carry" well. In addition, they are extraordinarily unbecoming to ali but the very slender, fcr they give a stock appearance when they are short, and moderate shortness is necessary for easy, quick movement. Gored skirts seem, wrote a lawn tennis expert not long ago, to be favourites while variations of flared types are still general. All are a shade longer. Tailored coatees of stockinette or woven wooly fabric have taken the place of pullovers and cardigans, and sometimes on warmer occasions coarse knited or crocheted jerseys with the tiniest sleeves are used. These are all shcrt waisted and close fitting, and have a much more becoming effect than the rather shapeless squareish cardigans and pullovers of a past era. Colours are right out of date even for etceteras on the court, while crochet or woolly berets have ousted the bandeau, especially for breezy days, and if worn carefully, with an eye to court neatness, they are very smart and trim. White belts are more favoured than coloured ones, and long white spongy cloth coats vie with last year's "teddy-bear" brand for after-the-match pride of place. Tennis frocks this year seem to be mostly of silk materials.