Summer’s Hottest Look? The Tennis Skort!
Every spring and/or summer, I find myself posting a vacant but hopeful social media message, imploring people to tell me where I find a place to play tennis or a person to play with. It’s been at least five years since I’ve swung a racquet and about 12 years since I’ve played high school tennis after quitting junior year (too hot!!) But I will fake it till I make it with summer 2018’s hottest and most sneakily efficient item: the tennis skort.
You can spread your legs without, you know, spreading your legs, which is ALWAYS important for summertime activities. Skorts have a pleasing sort of business/party dynamic — and they have a very storied history of their quiet rebellion. In an Atlas Obscura article, fashion historian Keren Ben-Horin said that Wimbledon has always been a “fertile ground” for conversations around how women dress.
Elsa Schiaparelli designed a skort-like pair of culottes covered with a layer of fabric for Spanish tennis player Lili Alvarez in 1931. It caused quite the scandal, some people saying it was “unbecoming, shocking.” Now, skorts are in the safe realm of tennis players and French Toast school uniforms.
Never forget the edginess of the skort. Or feel like a rich mom on her way to the courts even if you have no savings account and are casually employed!
(L-R)
- The White Skirt — Lacoste 🎾 $90
- The Violet Skirt — Nike 🎾 $45.50
- The White/Sporty Pink/Navy Skort — FILA 🎾 $60
- The Holographic Pink Skirt — Glitters for Dinner 🎾 $65
- The Light Blue Skirt — Dog Dog 🎾 $12.95
- The Pale Yellow Skort — Tremour 🎾 $15.99-$22.99
A fun pastime is visiting the creative blog endeavors of a writer’s brief stint at whatever company they tried to make their home until they could freelance full-time. Such, maybe, is the case with this very fun 2015 Nordstrom “Throwback Thursday” blog feature, which gave me this image from a 1979 Nordstrom activewear catalogue.
