Although the fashion world and the tennis world often overlap, the long history of formal tennis attire keeps tennis fashion slightly rooted in tradition.
“I think tennis fashion has some street elements and there is the whole preppy look, but there’s always a balance between history and the people that are going to push it and rebel against history,” Ravoi says.
But designers are not just held back by the classic tennis looks of past greats, they also have to contend with the fact that the garments they are making are for a high energy sport.
“You’re still limited by using performance fabrics, and basically you want the athletes to be comfortable,” says Erwin Ong, creator of tennis fashion blog Tennis Served Fresh.
Carrow agrees that designers have to straddle the baseline between style and efficiency on the court.
“Some of the limitations that designers face while designing tennis outfits are durability, comfort, and the particular performance of the fabric, while at the same time creating an aesthetically pleasing design,” Carrow says.
But this doesn’t mean that players and designers won’t try to push the envelope, although sometimes they run into issues of function following form.
“A designer will run the risk of letting function follow form simply because each outfit has to provide comfort and allow the player to function properly,” Carrow says. “Chances are that a good designer will address any function/form issues before it is finalized to be manufactured.”

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The name instantly rings a bell, no matter whether you’re a fashion freak or not. One of the best known fashion designers of France, Christian Dior was inclined towards art right from his childhood. He started his career in fashion, working as an assistant designer to Robert Piquet. Post World War II, Dior rose to global fame with his new revolutionary design which was appropriately named the New Look. Dior dominated the fashion world until his death in 1957. He is credited for launching and commercializing French fashion on the world stage.

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Nowadays, with the economy's crisis, a vast number of people are now turning their back away from taking golds, platinum, diamonds as well as other types of gems compared to silver jewellery such as silver ring, silver earring and silver watch. These sterling silver jewellery are plated with platinum enhanced sterling or rhodium that in fact, gives the silver a shiny, elegant white look as with white gold and corrosion-resistant quality which belongs to one of the rarest elements and precious metal that protects silver jewellery from tarnishing quickly.
With silver jewelry, you can flaunt the beauty inside and outside of you without compromising the quality but instead saving a big amount of dollars from your pocket. It is really advancing than purchasing other types of jewelry. Silver jewellery will not be easily look dull and tarnished as long as you know its proper care. It has the capability to sparkle and make you shine even with casual dress and casual occasion.
The fashion world of today along with the known fashion designers are now changing their big steps to the world of silver jewellery. With a piece of silver ring combined with a precious stones or other gems, you can definitely guarantee yourself a desirable look at a very affordable price. Being economy friendly of silver, men and women are now able to frequently change their jewelries according to season but even a simple set of silver jewelry like silver necklace, silver ring and silver watch can work with a day to day living or even with a grand occasion, without giving you afterthoughts of the tendency to lost it most especially in busy places at night, unlike, with precious diamonds and golds.
Fashion designers are now pursuing their steps to the world of silver jewelry. They even started to produce long gowns, shoes , casual dress and other types of dress attached or complemented with silver jewelries. These thing has brought back the life of fashion to our generation today. Furthermore, silver jewellery maker have even started to produce silver rings, silver earrings and necklaces combined with semi precious stones such as the cubic zirconia, which is low cost, durable and has a visual look closer to diamonds which complements the beauty of sterling silver jewelry. Sometimes, people misidentify it as a diamond that is why it became one of the most important competitor of diamonds today together with the silver jewelry.
Thus, silver jewelry has now started to invade the world of fashion to bring back its vanished glow. Its future is now foreseeable to become brighten up to the next years. As, we all know, most of the women today are fond of collecting jewelries. With the silver jewellery's versatile and fine feature, it is really a perfect choice for any of person who wants to shine and look elegant. So, consider purchasing now and have a collection with your jewelry box such as silver ring, silver earrings as well as silver pendants that are sterling silver. It will only cost you a few dollars unlike other precious stones and metals.

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