Summer Dressing - Tennis Chic

First up, completely irrelevantly, I finished my essay and handed it in today so I am (hopefully!!!) all done with the GDL. I have literally nothing to do!! It's marvellous!!! Although the freedom will become oppressive, I will attempt to have a fab time!

OK the actual point. As summer is upon us, I realised I had no summer clothes. OK, so I have some things, but it just seems to consist of me putting on a tshirt with a pair of denim shorts, which is super lazy of me.

My problem with dressing for summer is that it mostly seems to consist of floaty and floral things - which for me, I don't like wearing. Maxi dresses... just no, I'm too tall really and I like my legs to be out (although it would reduce amount of sunscreen I had to use). Floral tops aren't my bag, I feel too Hippy McDrippy (Peace out). Which has left me struggling somewhat. With Wimbledon on the horizon, what better time than to do a post on how to dress with the panache of a tennis player?? And the additional "coolmax" benefits that such clothes often have built in? Last year, I did do Wimbledon style, but this year, I want to apply it to real life! It's basically the summer version of preppy.


Brands to look out for
Lacoste, Fred Perry and Stella McCartney for Adidas are the classics, but any sports shop will have the goods. Also look at Ralph Lauren Polo, Calvin Klein, Sweaty Betty, American Apparel, Nike (and other sports brands).

Breakdown
Polo shirts with pleated skirts
Any form of polo collar!! Alternatively, tops with wide straps.
Tennis dresses
Visors
Sweat Bands
Plimsolls
Canvas shorts
Loose sweaters for evening/breezey times/unpredictable English weather/tying around shoulders
Tennis Racquet bags! And tennis racquet/balls!
Colours - traditionally pastels, but of course you can use brights!! Balance out with white rather than black.
Pearls to glam it up a little


Here's a Polyvore set to sum up what I think I could wear as part of Tennis Chic - I'm not really a pastel girl, but it's fun to play with the clothes!


Got Tennis? by evil_ginner featuring Nike shoes




Individual items which I've looked up:


A "tennis hoody", for when things get a little chilly on court - £60, Sweaty Betty

Sweat bands telling it like it is... £4, Sweaty Betty
This skirt would work in any wardrobe, not just a tennis idoliser's!!! Super cute, flippy, but heavy enough to play tennis without exposing self! And it has a bow detail on the back apparently. £45, Sweaty Betty



Cute flippy (that word again!) dresses, which could easily be accessorised. Come on, these last ones are even drop waisted, a la 1920s! Bling it up with gold jewelery, add neons (particularly to that dark purple Maria Sharapova beauty), add a little cashmere cardigan or a black leather jacket or even play tennis in them - so versatile!



Gala also did a post about tennis chic a couple of years ago - check it out!!