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Lea Pericoli wore a Victorian lace tennis outfit by Teddy Tinling at Wimbledon in 1970
Lea Pericoli, the Italian tennis star from the Fifties and Nineteen Sixties, has died on the age of 89.
Thought-about one among her nation’s finest gamers, she reached the final 16 of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon Championships thrice.
Born on March 22, 1935 in Milan, Pericoli later grew to become a well-liked tv host and journalist, but it surely was competitors outfits embellished with feathers and fur that made her an icon.
“She appeared a bit just like the mom of us all,” Angelo Binaghi, president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, advised native media.
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Enjoying a forehand return to María Josefa de Riba of Spain throughout their second spherical match of the ladies’s singles on the Wimbledon Garden Tennis Championship on June 21, 1955 on the All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership in Wimbledon, London, England. María Josefa de Riba received the competitors
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Carrying a tennis costume trimmed with feathers designed by British sportswear designer Teddy Tinling on June 23, 1964.
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Pictured with an umbrella on a court docket in the course of the 1965 Wimbledon Championships on 23 June 1965
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Serving Billie Jean Moffitt of the USA throughout their girls’s singles quarter-final match of the third version of the Federation Cup on January 16, 1965 on the Kooyong Garden Tennis Membership in Melbourne, Australia. Billie Jean Moffitt received the match 6-1, 6-2
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Posing in a feathered outfit on court docket in Britain, June 23, 1968
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Pericoli (left) and Carol Kalogeropoulos from Greece, mannequin Dacron outfits by inling at a press preview of the designer’s new assortment of tennis garments on the Belvedere Restaurant in Holland Park, London, June 22, 1970. Percoli wears a flared costume with high-quality folds of ornamentation and gildings of gold and pearls. Kalogeropoulos wears a midriff-baring impact outfit consisting of a sheer mini costume, overlaying a lace slip and bra, and silver guipure pants
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Attending the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019 in Monaco
