It’s tennis Grand Slam season as the French Open is underway in Paris and the championships at Wimbledon will be starting in a matter of weeks. Fashion has always had a prominent place in tennis and memorable fashion moments include shedding the conservative fifties trends for rising hemlines with the mod-mini in the 1960’s. During the 1970’s, outfits got tighter and shorts got shorter as the era’s disco trends made their way to the tennis court.   We can thank pro tennis legend Chris Evert for merging tennis with sparkling treasures in the 1980’s. Evert was sporting a bracelet of inline sitting individually-set diamonds during a match in the 1987 US Open in New York when the a broken clasp send the diamonds flying across the court. Since then  tennis.com explains, “The image of the 'Ice Maiden' coolly recovering the missing ice on court resonated well beyond the baseline, and since then bracelets containing an inline array of diamonds have been called 'tennis bracelets'.” Their clasps seem to be more secure these days, as tennis bracelets have spread from the court to the red carpet as an accessory to the stars.” Chris Evert shines in Diamonds

You can also shine with tennis bracelet from Amidon Jewelers.   The women weren’t the only players tearing up the court while looking hot. In the 1990’s, Andre Agassi did away with the conservative and clean-cut tennis player image. Long hair, outrageous headbands, wild colors and nontraditional clothing became Agassi’s trademark and men on courts around the world followed his trends. Andre Agassi

You can be a male fashion maven with the 9mm titanium ring with half round raised center jewelry for men from Amidon Jewelers.   The 1990’s are also when Venus and Serena Williams shot to the top of the rankings, bringing with them their nontraditional and flamboyant fashions. Multicolored braided hair and fashionable earrings were paired with tennis dresses that broke the rules of tradition and pushed the boundaries of court attire. Tennis fashions would never go back to plain or ordinary after the impact of the Williams’ sisters.   Venus and Serena always showed creativity with their jewelry, especially their choice of earrings.

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