It doesn’t matter if you’re athletic or not: Tenniscore isn’t about hitting a neon ball in a straight line. It only cares whether or not you look like you own an off-shore bank account while doing it.
Hot off the trails of Wimbledon and the country club scenes in The Summer I Turned Pretty, the athletic aesthetic is the internet’s latest billionaire cosplay effort. The tenniscore hashtag is steadily approaching 100,000 views on TikTok, with similar aesthetics like golfcore trailing behind. It joins the slew of other niche trends that have become popular as of late for offering proximity to a certain fashion look and lifestyle. (See: cottagecore, costal grandmother, and gardencore.)
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As is typical with on-court outfits, the tenniscore palette is comprised of understated silhouettes and colors: whites, creams, yellows, greens, and blacks are all complimentary to the hard clay green courts most associated with the sport. In the same vein, classic exercise dresses, ruffled skirts, cotton polos, and visors are also staples.
Tenniscore may rely on this rather simple manner of dressing, but where the look really shines is in its use of “quiet luxury” accessories—think solid-gold watches with ruby bezels, yard-length vintage pearl necklaces, and unnecessarily expensive designer water bottles.
Tennis, much like skiing and sailing, is a sport that’s historically associated with the one-percent. Which perhaps explains why tenniscore isn’t really focused on the athleticism but rather the privilege that comes along with a sport that includes pristine outfits, water served with miniature fruit cubes, and diamond bracelets. Vogue‘s Emma Specter recently dubbed this summer to be all about “second wife energy,” and I’d have to agree. Name a hot bitch who doesn’t look like she plays tennis on the weekends.
While tennis has inspired the fashion world for quite some time now, the ultra-luxe aesthetic has seen a renewed interest in the past few months and one of many glam-centric styles that’s cropped up in the middle of our current economic tailspin. After two quarters of negative growth for America’s GDP, it seems natural that people would want to project wealth in their style. Fake it until you make it, et all.
