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In Praise of the Tennis Skirt

Suzanne Lenglen: Tennis Star, Fashion Maverick

Suzanne Lenglen: Tennis Star, Fashion Maverick

The first women to play at Wimbledon wore full-length dresses. That changed in 1922 when Suzanne Lenglen (pictured) wore a short skirt--and caused quite the stir. Nothing has been the same since. . .

In this photo: Suzanne Lenglen

Photo: Central Press/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1926
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