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AI garment reconstruction: Chris Evert, US Open 1971. Chris Evert’s white sleeveless floral-lace dress with a round neckline and dropped-waist skirt at the 1971 US Open.

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Chris Evert · 1971

Lace at sixteen

A teenage Grand Slam debut in floral lace.

Tournament
US Open
Date
September 1971
Design
Mondessa Swift
Tournament finish
SFSingles

The story behind the look

At sixteen, Evert reached the semifinals of her first US Open wearing floral lace. Fort Lauderdale designer Mondessa Swift made the dress: a close-fitting sleeveless bodice and a small gathered skirt, with an ornamental seam at the dropped waist.

The contrast still feels unexpected—delicate, almost occasionwear fabric in the middle of elite competition. The archive isolates the garment from Evert’s familiar ribbon-tied ponytail.