Wimbledon’s all-white rule remains, and it’s back in the spotlight after Nick Kyrgios was pulled up for daring to wear red sneakers and a red hat after the conclusion of his fourth-round match.
In 1949 a 26-year-old American tennis player called Gertrude “Gussie” Moran qualified for Wimbledon for the first time in her career. To mark the occasion, she asked the era’s most renowned designer of tennis dresses and longtime tournament ambassador, Teddy Tinling, to make her a bespoke outfit.
For many spectators that was outrageous enough, but it was Moran’s silk underwear with two inches of lace that really scandalised British high society.It was an era before television, and photographers had chosen to lie on the ground behind Moran hoping to capture pictures of her underwear as she served. The published images provoked an extraordinary backlash. All England Club officials declared the dress was “vulgar” and condemned Tinling for drawing “attention to the sexual area”.
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