Cuthbert Collingwood "Ted" Tinling was a man whose unlikely story threads throughout the eras of twentieth century tennis like no one else's. A product of a patrician English family who moved to the French Riviera, Ted found himself umpiring for Suzanne Lenglen at 13 years old. He would grow to become a successful London couturier in the interwar period, and in the late 1940s found tennis pulling him back, this time as a designer of tennis fashion. Tinling wed ultra-feminine design with functionality, creating outfits unique to each wearer and which emphasized the need for sportswear to work and move like a tennis player. Much has been written about his rebellious nature and his banishment from Wimbledon -- and we certainly cover that -- but we're also interested in the contradictions of a man with great respect for the codes of tennis tradition but who repeatedly strained against it.
0:45 Ted Tinling: tennis’ great multihyphenate
7:20 The Tinlings move from Eastbourne to the Riviera, the hotbed of Jazz Age tennis
11:55 Suzanne Lenglen, France’s homegrown superstar
16:45 The end of his Riviera boyhood – from child umpire to Mayfair couturier
20:40 Post-war: a revolution in colour
23:45 Tinling and Dior’s New Look - a regression or a rebellion? (Or both?)
27:35 The panties that altered history
36:45 The 1960s: Tinling as the premier designer of women’s tennis
42:50 You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
48:25 The Tinling Slam: all four plus the Battle of the Sexes
53:20 Wimbledon Act II: Back in the Club
56:20 Infinite sites of rebellion - chipping away at tennis’ strictures
63:10 A few more stories we want to tell: Elizabeth Ryan and Bill Tilden
WTA Year in Review: It's A Williams World
Tennis Divas: Venus Vaults Back into Top 10
Mixed Bag: #Fedal, TV, and Side-Stepping Race
Dispatch From Singapore: WTA Finals Wrap-Up
Excuse Me? #VenusRising in Asian Swing & Listener Mailbag
Talking Race, Serena, and Sexism in Tennis With Lindsay Gibbs
US Open Recap: Djokovic At 10, Stakhovsky's Gaydar & Fish's Farewell
US Open Recap: Pennetta Peaks As Serena Stumbles
Mid-US Open Chat: Michael Lewis Reports From Flushing Meadows
US Open Preview: Serena's March to Herstory
Cincy Recap: Rena, Drake, and $3 Long Islands
#NKFalling & Anecdotes From Rogers Cup Toronto
In Search Of Rafa: Dispatch From Montreal
Wimby Recap: Grass Greener Than Ever For Serena & Novak
Wimbledon Aftermath: Sexism, Homophobia, and Misogynoir
Why Andy Murray's Feminism Matters
Rolly G Recap: Serena Turns 20 & Stan Brings His Best
French Open Preview, Part 2
French Open Preview, Part I
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