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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of International Tennis Hall of Fame

    Cuthbert Collingwood “Ted” Tinling poses with models dressed in his tennis designs in this undated photo.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of International Tennis Hall of Fame

    A model wears a Tinling tennis ensemble, circa 1967.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: ITHF&M_staff

    A Tinling design from 1967 includes daisy appliqués.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    Models wear Tinling designs, circa 1954.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    A model in a Tinling cape in 1961.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    Tracy Austin captures her second U.S. Open title in a Tinling design in 1981.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling

    Tracy Austin plays in the 1979 Federation Cup wearing a Tinling team uniform.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    Chris Evert celebrates in a Tinling dress during the 1979 Federation Cup.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling

    A model in a two-piece Tinling ensemble in 1976.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    A model wears a Tinling dress accented with a pink satin ribbon in 1955.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of the Ted Tinling Archive / International Tennis Hall of Fame.

    A model wears a two-piece Tinling ensemble, circa 1960.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling

    A model wears a tennis ensemble of Tinling’s design in 1964.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of International Tennis Hall of Fame

    An ostrich feather-accented dress, which Tinling created for player Lea Pericoli, for the 1964 Wimbledon. 

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of International Tennis Hall of Fame

    A heavily embroidered dress Tinling created circa 1975 for the Virginia Slims Circuit.

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    A Look Back At Tennis Dress Design Legend, Ted Tinling
    Image Credit: Courtesy of International Tennis Hall of Fame

    A dress Tinling created for the Virginia Slims Circuit, circa 1978.

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