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AI garment reconstruction: Lea Pericoli, Wimbledon 1964. Sleeveless white dress with a sculpted feather skirt.

Match kit · AI garment reconstruction.

Lea Pericoli · 1964

Featherweight

Tinling’s feather-trimmed tennis silhouette.

The archive photograph

Lea Pericoli wearing the documented 1964 outfit

Keystone/Getty Images · Editorial reference; public reuse permission has not been obtained.

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The story behind the look

A Keystone photograph dated 23 June 1964 identifies this feather-trimmed design as Teddy Tinling’s.

Its fitted, plain bodice gives way to a short skirt covered in white feathers.