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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.

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

The original look

Ethel Larcombe wearing the documented 1914 outfit

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The story behind the look

Larcombe wore this outfit in the July 1914 Wimbledon final.

The photograph records its striped tie and long silhouette.