Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.
Colour and textile finish are interpreted from a black-and-white photograph; exact hue and fabric composition are unconfirmed.
Lilí Álvarez · 1931
The divided skirt
Two flowing legs challenged the conventions of the tennis skirt.
The story behind the look
At the 1931 French Championships, Lilí Álvarez played in a divided skirt: its full, soft silhouette opened into two legs when she moved. The match photograph records a practical challenge to the conventions of women's tennis dress.
Elsa Schiaparelli designed the divided-skirt look that Álvarez also wore at Wimbledon that year. The accompanying photograph documents her appearance at the French Championships in May 1931.