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    Hemlines and Court Lines: On the Evolution of Women’s Tennis Clothes

    In 1919, twenty-year-old Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen made her Wimbledon debut in a shockingly skimpy ensemble: a V-neck dress...

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