It’s a jewellery classic – but it wasn’t always called the “tennis” bracelet.
suggests the name tennis bracelet was actually in use a decade earlier in the ’70s – though she too maintains Evert was the inspiration behind it.
It was the decade in which the player’s career began to skyrocket, and she was becoming renowned for accessorising her tennis kit not with a towelling wristband, but rather with fine jewellery.“The ’70s date for the jewel is the one that makes sense historically,” Fasel insists. “It was the disco era, when people were beginning to dress down and wear denim with diamonds. There was a desire for low-key luxury, and high-end jewellers began making it.
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