Tennis-Frock Traditions Are Crashing

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 10

Tennis-Frock Traditions Are Crashing

ALL-white has long been the official ' uniform for tennis, although the area it covers lias steadily decreased during the past five or six years. Those who are still conventionallyminded about garb for the game have now only the colour to cling to. Most of the tennis-frock traditions crashed with the introduction and the firm espousal by leadiug players of shorts. Now it is , the exception rather than the rule for players to appear in skirts, and shortly it will be front-page news if an international woman player appears in these femin- [ ine trappings. ! Shorts that masquerade as brief ■ skirts are frequently w.orn, but others of the more tailored type are also favoured, indicating the distance travelled since a sensation was caused when young players first appeared on a court without stockings. I White Still Popular. | White will probably not be entirely ousted from the lead in smart tennis ' clothes, chiefly because it provides | such a delightful contrast with the green of the courts, but this year a definite attempt will be made to introduce colours. To a large extent colours are seen only in 'cardigans, pullovers, and coats, which accompany their wearers to the 'court-side, but pastel shades will now jhe seen on the court. Palest of blue, pink, biscuit, or green will be worn, and some of the shirts will be. monogrammed in colour, giving a pleasing tailored note. j Paritie-dresses with divided skirts will be the most popular, as they look I like short frocks and are easy to wear. I Designed with sun-backs, in some eases I the necks finish in wide rovers, and the I materials used include very fine linen, I thick slab linen, silk shirting, flannel, j or one of the new creaseless linens. Caslunere Shirts. I Tailored flannel coats are most apI propriate for tennis wear, and these j also arc being made in pastel shades, as well as beige and white. For colder climates and the last day's of winter, there will be the cashmere shirts of jersey. Matching shorts unobtainable, in pleatod designs, with a broad waistband, and wide, flared legs. An infinite variety of cardigans will bo worn, and, these are equally effecI five in jewel shades and deeper tones, which make a more vivid contrast, fni the pastel-toned frocks, i Green, which is coining into favoui for all occasions, is particularly smart for tennis. The addition of scarves of all types, but especially those with white spots on a darker ground, {smarten ilie entire ensemble in which the player arrives and leaves (lie court.