Women's Tennis Fashion

Stun Your Opponent With Style

There's never been such a variety of stylish, yet functional tennis apparel available to buy online today - but with so many alternatives, which should you choose? Long gone are the days when women's tennis apparel's primary function was to cover up the feminine form with heavy white cloth.

Now, style, shape and color serve to enhance femininty, and if chosen correctly, can even intimidate your opponent! The big names in sports apparel manufacture, such as adidas, Nike, and Reebok, know their success depends on designing tennis clothing with a fashionable edge as many of the 'optional extras' like wicking fabric, UV protection and bacterial resistance that are now considered standard.

Great Tennis Players With Great Stylish Flair

To promote their designs, tennis brands enlist the help of the top women players to showcase each improvement - normally the higher ranked the player the more lucrative the deal, but being naturally good looking like Maria Sharapova or Maria Kirilenko can add a nought or two to any financial arrangement.

Maria Shrapova's apparel is supplied by Nike who constantly strive to give Maria the best cutting-edge tennis fashion that money can buy. They employ a team of designers to fashion each new tennis outfit and allow Maria to put in her own creative input into the final product. Serena Williams equally makes her preferences known to partner Nike with her own Signature line to display her wonderful creative and functional tennis apparel.

 Sporty Designers Lead the Way

adidas haven't been slow to confront the challenge of their main rivals. They've joined forces with established clothing designer Stella McCartney (Sir Paul and Linda McCartney's daughter) to produce a collection of tennis outfits emphasising pretty feminine embellishment yet functional cool and dry fabrication such as adidas' CLIMALITE® fabric technology. Although Caroline Wozniacki's tennis might let her down occasionally, her tennis apparel never does because she now exclusively wears adidas by Stella McCartney tennis apparel.

The good news for anyone wanting to secure a style victory as well as a points one on the tennis court is that Stella's designer tennis wear is often readily available to buy online soon after Caroline first showcases it to the public. It's priced a little higher than 'ordinary' tennis clothing but what price is that look of envy on your opponent's face?

Nike often make Maria and Serena's apparel handiwork readily available online too, so why not model yourself on the best? If you're 5'2" tall however it might be better to use Dominika Cibulkova's Lacoste designs to better match your body type than try to emulate the 6'2" Sharapova!

Your Own Unique Ingredient

If you like to show your own creativity then why not complete your tennis ensemble with customizable women's tennis court shoes. adidas (mi adidas) now offer you the chance to create your own unique shoe based on their best selling adidas Barricade V, worn by many of the top players. You can choose colors, patterns, width, sole design and even your name, like 'Rafa'. Frustratingly, they're not available to buy online yet, and Nike's customizable equivalent doesn't yet include a proper tennis shoe.

Women's Tennis Accessories Needn't be Dull

There are now a good range of women's tennis bags to choose from with more creative designs than the large unisex options required by those who need to carry 10-12 racquets wherever they go. If you only need to carry one or two bags to court, and want to emphasize the fashionable, then Whak Sak and Jet offer a wide and varied range of stylish, colorful bags yet replete with ingenious functional pockets and attachments.

Prince, noted for their chic tennis bag collaborations with Maria Sharapova, have produced gorgeous looking 6 and 3 racquet bags in honor of the Wimbledon Championships. They're finished in gold and black and look at least as good as any designer tennis bag on the market. There's even a backpack to complete the collection.

Tennis Jewelry Completes the Picture

Diamond tennis bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and such don't directly help your tennis game but can boost your self-esteem and confidence, and indirectly give you an edge on court. Chris Evert is credited with introducing the world to the phrase 'tennis bracelet' when her diamond bracelet's clasp broke on the US Open tennis court in 1987, stopping play as she tried to find it. 

In today's game Serena Williams is perhaps the most avid admirer of tennis jewelry and sports some wonderful creations to embellish her game. She's even had pieces made and presented to her gratis to promote the creator's products.

Just a word of warning: Looking fantastic in the best women's tennis wear can sometimes irritate your opponent to the point where they play better. Maria Sharapova herself was a victim of style at Wimbledon, losing to lowly ranked Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round. Alla said she 'didn't like her (Maria's) outfit. It was one of my motivations to beat her!'.