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Anglia TV: Wimbledon competitors model fashion designer Teddy Tinling's new custom-made sports dresses on the eve of the 1971 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Camera pans over a line-up of female Wimbledon competitors to show their new tennis fashions created by ex tennis professional turned fashion designer Teddy Tinling. The girls preview his latest collection of custom-made sports dresses at Kensington High Street's Derry and Tom's famous roof garden. Close up of Teddy Tinling talking to the girls. Close up of one of the competitors smiling followed by the camera panning over the other competitors. The camera pans across to photographers taking pictures nearby before showing a photo being taken of Teddy and the competitors. A girl in a white tennis dress carrying a tennis racket walks down the path towards the camera. Camera zooms in on her white and purple striped skirt. Shot of women in tennis dresses talking and laughing. Close up of an embroidered pattern on one woman’s dress. Another woman demonstrates how the dress unbuttons to reveal shorts underneath. Camera pans across the garden and zooms in on two women walking over a bridge. A woman ties her shoelaces on a bench, revealing her tennis shorts beneath the dress. More close ups of women in various tennis dresses.

Keywords

Costume Designers; Designers; Dress; Fashion; Fashion Designer; Sport; Sportspeople; Sportswear; Tennis; Tennis Fashion

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Wimbledon

Background Information

Teddy Tinling was an ex tennis professional who later became a fashion designer. Tinling’s National Tennis Wear for the 1971 collection marked the British launch of ‘Nandel’ DuPont’s newest fabric made from Rotofil yarns of ‘Orlen’ acrylic fiber. Created especially for tennis’ top sporting women competing at Wimbledon, the line-up of professionals modelling Tinling’s creations include Britain’s Virginia Wade. The tennis professionals preview his latest collection of custom-made sports dresses, at Kensington High Street’s Derry and Tom’s famous roof garden on the eve of the 1971 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.