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AI garment reconstruction: Evonne Goolagong, Wimbledon 1972. Evonne Goolagong’s white Tinling dress with a bolero-style overlay, scalloped edges and turquoise floral embroidery, dated 1971–1972.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

The museum dates this garment to 1971–1972; the precise Wimbledon appearance is unresolved.

Evonne Goolagong · 1972

Flowers along the hem

Turquoise embroidery and scalloped edges softened the Wimbledon silhouette.

Tournament
Wimbledon
Date
1971–1972
Design
Ted Tinling

The story behind the look

Tinling used a cropped bolero-style layer to give this white tennis dress a second silhouette. Tiny turquoise flowers follow its scalloped edge and reappear around the skirt hem, adding decoration without overwhelming the simple shape.

The National Museum of Australia preserves the garment and dates its Wimbledon use to either 1971 or 1972. That uncertainty is retained here: this entry does not claim the surviving dress is definitively the one worn to win her 1971 final.