Lea Pericoli wearing Teddy Tinling’s Victorian lace tennis outfit at Wimbledon in 1970
Lea Pericoli, the Italian tennis star of the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 89.
Considered one of her country’s top tennis players, she twice reached the last 16 of the French Open and won Wimbledon three times.
Pericoli, born on March 22, 1935 in Milan, later became a famous television presenter and journalist, but it was her competition costumes decorated with feathers and fur that made her an icon. statue.
“She is a bit like the mother of all of us,” Angelo Binaghi, president of the Italian Padel and Tennis Federation, told local media.
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Playing a forehand return against María Josefa de Riba of Spain during their Women’s Singles Second Round match at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships on 21 June 1955 at the Lawn Tennis and Racquet Club All England in Wimbledon, London, England. María Josefa de Riba won the match
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Wearing a tennis dress with feathers, designed by British sportswear designer Teddy Tinling on June 23, 1964.
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Pictured holding an umbrella on the court during the 1965 Wimbledon Championships on June 23, 1965
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Serving for Billie Jean Moffitt of the United States during the Third Confederations Cup Women’s Singles Quarterfinal on January 16, 1965 at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. Billie Jean Moffitt won the match 6 – 1, 6 – 2
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Posing in feathers on the field in England, June 23, 1968
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Pericoli (left) and Carol Kalogeropoulos of Greece, model Dacron apparel by attending the press launch of the designer’s new tennis collection at the Belvedere Restaurant in Holland Park, London, June 22, 1970. Percoli is wearing a flared dress with beautiful pleats trimmed and trimmed with gold and pearls. Kalogeropoulos wore a backless outfit consisting of a see-through mini dress, covering her lacy bra and bra, and silver guipure shorts
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