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AI garment reconstruction: Anne White, Wimbledon 1985. Anne White’s long-sleeved full-length white Wimbledon tennis catsuit

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Anne White · 1985

The white exception

All white, and still unexpected. A catsuit that became a Wimbledon talking point.

Athlete
Anne White
Tournament
Wimbledon
Date
27 June 1985
Design
Pony
Documented round
First roundSingles
Match result
Lostvs Pam Shriver
Match context
White wore the catsuit before play was suspended. She changed outfits for the following day’s resumption, when the match ended.

The original look

Anne White serving in her white bodysuit at Wimbledon in 1985.

Carol Newsom / International Tennis Hall of Fame · Editorial reference; public reuse permission has not been obtained.

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The story behind the look

White’s full-length white bodysuit became one of the most memorable images of Wimbledon in 1985. She wore it during her first-round match against Pam Shriver, turning an otherwise traditional colour into an unfamiliar tennis silhouette.

White said Pony developed the suit after she proposed it. Wimbledon’s own history records the outfit as one of the decade’s most extraordinary appearances at the Championships.