That athleisure was undoubtedly the trend of this strange 2020 was more than established, but that tennis was making its way, or as they would say in jargon ace, into the heart of the most careful fashion victims is fresh summer news. The iconic tennis clothing made of fluttering mini skirts, sporty tops and sneakers has become the coolest uniform of this summer to the point of being able, no doubts, to name it a real trend. Where’s the proof? Once again is the trendsetter par excellence Instagram, which coloured its feed in white and fluorescent yellow thanks to the coolest tennis outfits.
Thinking about it, Tennis sets make up the perfect summer look: fluttering mini skirt in shades of white, grey, blue or black and contrasting sports tops and coloured sneakers! You already want to try it right? The outfits that have so far won the coolness award from the Instagram trendsetters are the Nike ones, in particular, it is a high-waisted mini skirt with flounces and the inevitable swoosh on the sides, to be the favourite. Influencers wear it with fabric bucket hats, oversized tops or sweatshirts and sneakers with ton sur ton socks. The athleisure revolution has therefore also definitively touched tennis, made from its dawn of rigorous and iconic clothing that could never have been thought to become “prêt-à-porter“.
Actually, we already had some clues from the history of contemporary fashion! First of all, you must know that this style, connected immediately to tennis, has a name and is called Preppy Style. Does Serena Van Der Woodsen‘s college style in Gossip Girl mean anything to you? Here we think about their look and read it in a sporty key, in a word? Tennis clothing! Another clue? Adidas’ Stan Smith, which has become an icon in the world of sneakers but conceived as shoes for playing tennis from which, moreover, also takes their name dedicated to a great champion of tennis history. Did tennis steal the yoga fashion scene forever? We’ll see!