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A Girl's Tennis Clothing Is Fashioned By Her Mother's Desires
The styles and scope of girls' tennis clothing has recently blossomed to match the rapid growth of fashionable women's tennis clothing, and seems to gain momentum year on year.
There's a twin conflicting desire for women to both model their tennis outfits on the most successful and stylish players in the game, and yet at the same time look different, exclusive and unique.
There's yet another desire to wear state-of-the-art apparel that maximizes protection and cooling on court, to gain a competitive advantage as the tennis match 'heats up'. Most women's tennis apparel now contains technology to protect against the sun's rays, to ward off odor-causing bacteria growth, to cool the skin by efficiently channeling away moisture, and even to cushion and support muscles for optimum performance.
Naturally, mothers want their fledgling tennis stars to benefit from all these tennis clothing attributes, in style and textile technology. Tennis clothes manufacturers have catered to this demand with dresses. skirts, skorts, tops and shoes for girls that sport many or all of the features of their adult counterpart.
This is good business sense on the part of tennis apparel manufacturers like Adidas, Nike, Fila, Prince, Babolat etc. Once a young lady gets to liking a particular tennis brand, she'll likely stay loyal throughout her tennis years.
The Tennis Apparel Dark Ages
Way back in the early 1970s, at about the time that Chris Evert was emerging as a world class tennis player, a woman called Marilyn Kosten was getting very frustrated at the lack of pretty tennis clothing available to buy for her two daughters, who were about to compete in junior tennis competitions. She channeled that frustration into forming her own tennis apparel business, designing the girls' clothing herself.
Her business really took off in 1977, when a young rising star called Tracy Austin wore one of Marilyn's dresses during her passage to victory at the US Open. Tracy also wore the dress at Wimbledon, and so introduced this innovative and stylish girl's tennis clothing to a much wider audience.
Three and a half decades later, tennis apparel has changed out of all recognition. Fashion is even more to the fore, vying with sports clothing fabric technology to yield a fusion of style and function that shapes every new garment. 100% cotton is now a rarity, with subtle combinations of man-made fibres best able to offer the comfort and mobility demanded by today's athletes.
Mary Kosten's 'Little Miss tennis' business is still flourishing, and now caters to young boy's tennis clothing needs as well, with the LMT range. Now, all the major tennis gear manufacturers have girl's, boy's or unisex kids tennis apparel lines alongside their adult clothing, so lack of choice is no longer an issue.
Girl's And Women's Tennis Fashion Merge
Women who look to the high-fashion, cutting-edge tennis apparel worn by the leading players for inspiration, can now encourage their daughters to do the same. For example, the identical Adidas adilibria tennis dress recently co-designed and worn by Ana Ivanovic was available in girls' sizes with all the 'Climacool' technology and comfort meshing of the adult dress. Other familiar Adidas tennis lines like 'Barricade', 'Edge' and 'Competition' also have their girl-sized counterparts, so mother and daughter can wear complementary apparel at the tennis club.
Nike, as you might expect, have their own girls tennis clothing lines such as 'Athlete', that mirror the apparel worn by the women. Like Adidas, there's plenty of variety in dresses, skirts, skorts, shirts, tennis shoes and accessories, with comfort features like Dri-FIT, to give the same cooling and moisture management as the adult version.
Fila, with two of the game's big hitters, Kim Clijsters and Svetlana Kuznetsova on their books, is hot on the heels of the two largest tennis apparel manufacturers, Adidas and Nike, with it's own girls' selection. They produce junior varieties of familiar women's tennis favorites like the 'Essenza' tennis dress. These dresses are made with sun protective material, to reduce UV damage to young ladies' skins. This can be an important consideration in warmer climes where tennis is an outdoor activity.
Tennis Apparel For Those Rebellious Years
There will come a time when your young lady would rather wear distinctive (tennis) clothing than try to copy her mother as she moves into adulthood. There's a tennis apparel manufacturer keen to cater to these more rebellious instincts - DUC. They're happy that their clothing isn't designed for people too far into their 20s or beyond. They draw a little from the history of women's tennis dress with subtle pleating, but make it asymmetrical to keep abreast of the times.
Much of the clothing is labeled with assertive, slightly racy tags like 'Dominate' (dress), 'Compete' (skirt), 'Rush' (racer-back top) and 2-Timer (reversible top), and accentuates feminine contours. The 2-Timer top actually refers to it's reversible two-tops-in-one feature, which when combined with the large choice of colors and reversible skirt, creates a wide range of styles - great for emphasizing your unique style. Reversing your apparel and changing your look during a match might also have beneficial unsettling effects on your opponent. Though cutting edge in design, DUC tennis clothing lacks none of the comfort features prerequisite in modern tennis clothing.
So, from youngster to young women, varied, vibrant, in vogue girl's tennis clothing is in plentiful supply. Thanks to determined women like Marilyn Kosten, the 'dark ages' are over, and girls can revel in the choice of cutting-edge tennis apparel that was until recently the sole preserve of their parents.
Cheri Britton is the editor of 'Women's Tennis Apparel' and 'Ball Machine For Tennis'. In her tennis fashion and clothing website, she reviews and showcases the latest styles in tennis dresses, skirts and skorts, women's tennis bags and shoes. She highlights in particular the tennis apparel worn by the top women players on the WTA tour, and has an special fondness for the designer tennis creations of Stella McCartney for Adidas.
Her new tennis ball machine website is devoted to comparing these mini mechanical devices with regard to price, portability, useability, features and suitability to the individual owner or buyer. Quality manufacturers such as Lobster, Tennis Tutor, SAM. Playmate and Wilson produce a range of models to engage the tennis game of beginners through to professional tennis players. The right ball machine will quickly take your tennis to a higher level, at a time place and frequency of your choosing. Oh, and tennis machines are great fun and fantastic for your fitness as well!
On the odd occasion she's not working on her websites, Cheri watches more tennis than is good for her, reads, visits places of historical interest and beauty, and relaxes with a pint or two of real ale (or something stronger!)
Picking a Quinceanera Dress for Your Sweet 15 Party
In America, the custom is for girls to have a sweet 16 party. It is frequently a huge gala with an abundance of live music, dancing, and naturally, birthday gifts as well. In Hispanic culture, the custom is for girls, at fifteen years of age, to have this large festive celebration, which they call a Quinceañera. When a girl reaches 15 years of age, her title becomes Quinceañera and that is also what the actual sweet 15 party is called. The sweet 15 dress is one of the most important things of the night, just like the sweet 16 dress in the American celebration.
Sweet 15 dresses were traditionally either white or pink in color. Today's Quinceañera can pick the maker and the color of her dress. Keeping this is mind, the dress makers of the sweet 15 dresses design them in every color of the rainbow, which gives the birthday girl more choices and makes even more memories of the night.
The style of the sweet 15 dress is to be very form fitting above the waist, and below the waist, it is very flowing and flared out. Even though, in the social world, the young lady is not called a señorita until she reaches the age of 21, the dress design shows the fact that she is no longer a niña (girl), but is now a señorita (miss). The sweet 15 dress should call attention to the fact that the girl is leaving childhood and entering womanhood, as this is the purpose of the Quinceañera party. It has enough appeal to highlight the birthday girl's womanhood, while still having elegance and sufficient modesty not to cause offense to any members of the older generation.
The sweet 15 dress needs to be beautiful and flowing like a ball gown and have attractive Spanish designs, but also needs to be practical enough so that she can dance in it. At the party the Quinceañera will share a dance with her father, her godfather, and also her Chambelan, which is her escort and date. And in today's world, it is highly likely that there will be fast dancing with the friends of the girl. Because of this the dress for the sweet 15 party needs to be very versatile and should catch the eye of everyone, thereby making the girl look and feel like a princess, but not be so tight that she is unable to dance.
About the Author
Looking for homecoming dresses at the lowest price? Paige Mastingten always finds great deals on quinceaneras gowns and sweet 16 party dresses. When looking for the best possible price, Paige recommends findmypromdress.com for all your formal dress needs.
How should I dress according to my age?
I will turn 25 this november. I've just got out of the Navy and now I'm going to Art School. While I was in the navy I don't need to worry about my appearance since I have to wear was uniforms and more uniforms. When I go out, I wear a pair of jeans and a polo shirt.
Now, that I am out of the navy, I don't wear uniform daily as I used to, and I am having a hard time chosing what to wear. Since I will be 25 in november, I don't want to look like a teenager and wear t-shirts and jeans all the time. I'm also going to be looking for a job soon.
Can anyone suggest me what to wear so that I won't look like a teenager? I am Asian, 5'10 and 200lb. I want to look professional yet, relaxed when I go to class and I want the distinction of being wise for my age and yet friendly and cheerfull. Thanks for the suggestions.
Art school students appreciate individuality. You should dress to suit your personality. Forget the expensive clothes shops. Go to Oxfam & vintage shops, find clothes that you find 'attractive', try them on & learn to mix the textures & colours. By doing this you will avoid looking like a 'teenager' as all teenagers dress 'uniformingly', they like the most fashionable & expensive clothes they can get following their 'idols' usually. This is the sign of youth or someone attempting to look youthful.
I would suggest you find a reasonably priced pair of dark, loose-fitting jeans as a basis. Boots/loafers are preferrable to 'trainers' or shoes. The tops you should have FUN with colour & vintage patterns (avoid T-shirts with teenage logos) & Layer-up your clothes. Coats are preferrable to jackets, but it depends on your individual taste. Lots of accessories, like silk scarves etc. found in junk shops. Loose colourful shirts are always acceptable with good jeans.
Don't be too keen to 'grow-up' quickly & look like a 'stock-broker/banker' .....you'll be accepted much sooner by showing your true personnality in Art School. Even the Tutors don't look the same or have any sense of 'uniform' unlike the 'City' workers.
Throw caution to the wind.....forget you were ever in the Military & don't let it 'show'! Good Luck.
'The Golden Age of Couture'
"The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957," is an exhibit which allows visitors a glimpse into the glamorous fashion houses of Paris and London after World War II.
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