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AI garment reconstruction: Billie Jean King, Wimbledon 1975. Sleeveless white button-front tennis dress with a pointed collar, lilac embroidered chest detailing, fitted waist and short A-line skirt.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Billie Jean King · 1975

Lilac at Centre Court

A lilac embroidered yoke softened a sharply collared Wimbledon white.

Tournament
Wimbledon
Date
June–July 1975
Design
Ted Tinling

The story behind the look

Billie Jean King’s 1975 Wimbledon wardrobe included this white dress with lilac detailing and a small brooch. Ted Tinling’s custom tennis clothes made room for personal decoration within the predominantly white wardrobe of Centre Court. Here, the colour is concentrated around the upper chest rather than spread across the dress.

A pointed collar and line of buttons give the garment a tailored structure; the curved embroidered yoke supplies its softer counterpoint. The reconstruction follows the photographed front. The precise embroidery repeat and unseen rear detailing are interpretations.