At the professional level, one should be able to wear anything that doesn't prohibit ability to compete rules (not dress code) of the sport.
Competitors get your mental game together. You too spectators.
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I'm not sure exactly what the issue is with her outfit. The official described it as "going too far". I'm not sure exactly what that refers to and going too far in exactly what direction.
ReplyDeleteI posted about this a few days ago, but it bears repeating:
ReplyDeleteThe very idea that a grown-ass woman can't wear an entirely modest outfit in competition, meant to deal with a continuing health issue with blood clots - it's just nonsense.
Fédération Française de Tennis should be embarrassed. I suppose they are. Liberté égalité sororité.
The players should simply wear what they wish: all these ridiculous outfit rules are not there for safety or even the absurd proposition of modesty.
I suppose they are. Liberté égalité sororité.
I'm a photographer. I know when a shot is staged. I've shot so many photographs of people, I know a fake smile, a posed shot, a self-conscious gesture when I see it.
And I know when clothes are worn for show and not for purpose
There are a few photographers who can transcend these obstacles: Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Rebecca Lepkoff. Bill Cunningham. Clive Brunskill.
Nobody shoots tennis like Clive Brunskill. Nobody.
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Another controversy with Cornet getting a code violation for removing her shirt. It was backwards and she took it off to put it back on the right way while on the court. The USTA later apologised saying the chair ump erred.
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to raunch this downward, but I remember a controversy of the "wardrobe malfunction" variety at Wimbledon involving a U.S. player named Linda Siegal (sp?) in the late '70s. It was an unscheduled revelation.
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