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AI garment reconstruction: Ethel Larcombe, Wimbledon 1914. Long white skirt, long-sleeved shirt and broad striped tie.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Ethel Larcombe · 1914

The striped tie

Formal whites at the 1914 final.

Tournament
Wimbledon
Date
July 1914
Design
Unknown
Documented round
Challenge round (title match)Singles
Match result
Lostvs Dorothea Lambert Chambers
Tournament finish
FSingles

The story behind the look

Larcombe wore this outfit in the July 1914 Wimbledon final.

The photograph records its striped tie and long silhouette.