Lea Pericoli wearing a Teddy Tinling lace tennis dress at Wimbledon in 1970.
Lea Pericoli, the Italian tennis star of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89.
Considered one of his country’s top players, he reached the Last 16 of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon tournament three times.
Pericoli, born on 22 March 1935 in Milan, later became a famous television presenter and journalist, but it was the pageant dresses decorated with feathers and fur that made him an icon.
“She was like a mother to all of us,” Angelo Binaghi, president of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, told local media.
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They play a comeback against María Josefa de Riba of Spain during their Women’s Singles Second Round match at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship on 21 June 1955 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. María Josefa de Riba won the match
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She is wearing a feather-trimmed tennis dress, designed by British sportswear designer Teddy Tinling on 23 June 1964.
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Pictured holding an umbrella on court during the 1965 Wimbledon Championships on 23 June 1965.
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Billie Jean Moffitt of the US serving during their Women’s Singles Quarter Final match at the third edition of the Federation Cup on 16 January 1965 at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. Billie Jean Moffitt won the match 6 – 1, 6 – 2
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Standing in a feathered robe in court in the UK, 23 June 1968
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Pericoli (left) and Carol Kalogeropoulos of Greece, modeling Dacron dresses for a press preview of the designer’s new tennis wear collection at the Belvedere Restaurant in Holland Park, London, 22 June 1970. Percoli is wearing a hot dress glittering ornaments of gold and pearl. Kalogeropoulos wore a bare midriff-effect see-through mini dress, which covered a lace-half-slip and bra, and silver guipure shorts
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Attending the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019 in Monaco
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