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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Priya Elan

Men’s fashion microtrend: tennis jumpers

Game, set and match to Stan Smith at Wimbledon in 1972.
Game, set and match to Stan Smith at Wimbledon in 1972. Photograph: Bettmann
Kanye West.
Kanye West. Photograph: Getty Images

The athleisure trend might seem accessible, but sportswear worn out of context is still an odd thing. Add a golf shoe/goalkeeper’s glove/tennis short to a normal outfit, and you risk looking as if you’re on a stag do in Clapham.

And there’s something a bit Julian Fellowes period drama about the tennis jumper. To drag it into the modern age, pair with coloured trousers – less minor character in a local production of Gatsby: The Musical! and more college dropout-era Kanye West.

Sleeveless, £39.99, zara.com.
Sleeveless, £39.99, zara.com.
Cream, £85, by Norse Project, from harveynichols.com.
Cream, £85, by Norse Project,
from harveynichols.com.
V neck, £247, kentandcurwen.co.uk.
V neck, £247, kentandcurwen.co.uk.
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