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fila’s 100 years on display at the hall of fame museum

July 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment




Fine time for Fila: Monica, Boris, Kim and others are all hanging out at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum – well, at least their clothes are. As part of the celebration of Fila turning 100 years old, a rotating collection of the company’s clothes through the last century is on display at the museum over the next 10 or so months, after the exhibition began in mid June. Fila is also featuring an interactive microsite, Fila.com/100, which we wrote about last month. Fans can scroll through the outfits of Monica Seles, Bjorn Borg and Guillermo Vilas and click on whether they would wear such threads today (do we sense an upcoming retro line?!). Our fave part of the microsite? The umpire collections from past US Opens. Seriously, bring back those umpire polos from the 1989 USO! We love, love, love!

But the Fila folks didn’t just through this celebration together with a few fun things to click on and leave it at that. On the microsite is an entire interactive timeline of the 100 years of the company, which takes you through the brand’s early development starting in 1911 and then looks at its growth to eventually include tennis greats like Pam Shriver and Evonne Gollagong, while looking at the brand’s dabbling in sailing, golf, skiing, swim and other sports wear. We dig it. You can even watch old Fila commercial (we recommend Monica’s 1990 spot), as well. And the brand even explores its basketball roots, looking at famous 90s stars Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse. Remember when?! | TSF Vault: Fila

Browsing: But if you want more of an in-person experience rather than online, the Hall of Fame exhibition will be up until around June of 2012. While it features the likes of Seles (top of the post) and a look through the men’s wear on court through the years (above), it will include four totally different shows from the brand, each living in the museum for about three months. The Hall of Fame Museum is open 9:30 to 5 everyday of the year, sans Christmas and Thanksgiving. Plan your visit.

After the cut: our favorite pieces from the Fila 100 collection and a one more look at the Museum display. [Read more...]

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fresh (and exclusive) strawberries for domi

June 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment



Strawberries for Domi and the men get classic green from Dunlop this year at Wimbledon. (Photo provided)

Any cream, too? There’s been plenty of talk around Andy Murray‘s chic white HEAD bag that has been sprinkled with his favorite messages from fans through a creative Facebook campaign his racket maker has put on. But for Dunlop, it’s going the traditional — but fun — route with Dominika Cibulkova‘s bag for this year’s Championships, making her a colorful bag adorned with miniature strawberries for Domi, and Domi only. The bag isn’t for sale, Dunlop told TSF, but it looks great strapped over the diminutive Czech’s shoulder. The next scalp she’d like to throw in that bag? That’d be world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. The two are second on Court No. 2 (after Sharapova) on Monday. | More: Women’s draw

TSF Vault: Dunlop | Dominika Cibulkova

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british ‘vogue’ preps us for wimby

June 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment



Wimbledon in waiting. Don’t blame us! We can’t help but look forward a bit to Wimbledon, which begins just two weeks from Monday. While most of the tennis world remains affixed on Roland Garros, we take a peek at what British Vogue had up to offer last summer (most of which looks pretty dang good to us this year, too).

The items, running from £35 to £816 ($57 to $1,336) include some Lacoste kicks and a Ralph Lauren “picnic basket” that claims that top-end price. | Browse: See their gallery here

Crocodile chatter. Lacoste-wearing Andy Roddick was also on the mag’s web site this week, talking up his threads as he looks to return to his beloved green. ”On the tour we practically live out of a suitcase. When packing, function will always win over style, which is why I am so impressed with this collection,” Roddick said. “I never would have believed 10 years ago that I would have a signature collection with Lacoste.”

More on British Vogue: Maria and Anna (Wintour)

Want. Our fave of the twelve options for summer fashion? How about this Kipling bag, priced at £65 by Vogue. Take a glance at the full selection of Kipling’s new arrivals for summer.

(Screen grab and Image via Vogue UK web site)

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fred perry x stussy deluxe blank canvas collection

April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment



White, blood red, and black are the colors used in the spring/summer 2011 collaboration between Stussy Deluxe and Fred Perry, which produced an array of shirts, accessories, and footwear as part of FP’s Blank Canvas line. The shirts and polos have jersey numbers on the back, referencing the years that the brands were founded (“Perry 52,” “Stussy 80″). Our fave’s this spacious holdall, shown above.

Browse: See all the goods at Hypebeast and buy ‘em here. The shoes can only be purchased at FP’s Laurel Wreath Collection shops until the end of May 2011.

(image via Hypebeast)

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WANT: from ruffles to duffles

March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment



Fine, fine. The cheese stands alone. No one’s into that Caro dress except for me (and hopefully Woz herself). You should see it up close, though, if you can. I think that’s how I got sold on it. But that then raises the question: who are you selling for — the person wearing it or those who have to look at it from afar?

Anyway, while snooping through the stores on the grounds of the BNP Paribas Open, we ran across this duffle from Fila, part of their 100-year collection. It’s in a quilted navy blue nylon with tan leather trim and gold hardware. These were flying off the shelves, so we think the public agrees with us loving this piece.

Sadly, we didn’t take one home with us; no more bag purchases until we thin out the stock in the TSF West accesories closet!

Buy: Fila 100-year duffle bag; peacoat (navy blue); $120; fila.com.

(screengrab via fila.com)

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