By Anne White
[vc_empty_space height="5px"][vc_custom_heading text="Anne White knows what it’s like to have a man tell a woman what she can and can’t wear to do her job effectively." font_container="tag:h5|text_align:center"][vc_empty_space height="35px"]Before I walked out on court for my first-round match at Wimbledon 1985, I’d made sure to do my homework on the tournament’s precise dress code.
The rule stated that all players must be “dressed predominantly in white” and that “any competitor who appears on Court dressed in a manner which is deemed unsuitable by the Committee will be liable to be defaulted.”