Lara would go DOWN (before Serena Williams*)

[cimorene]

cim: OK, this is kind of hot, but what kind of HIGHLY ATHLETIC SPORT requires you to wear a SKIRT? WTF, tennis? This is the 21st century.
perhael: LOL, inorite! I think women are actually allowed to wear shorts now, in tennis - since like... last year or something.
cim: You can stop pretending you are all dancing out onto the lawn at some Gosford Park house party!
cim: Yeah, usually... but my impression from pictures is that at the big games they usually don't because it's like, shocking or...
perhael: Yeah. LOL omg how shocking, a girl in shorts!
cim: My impression is that it's sort of like wearing pants to a wedding.
cim: But considering they're professional athletes and NOT AT GOSFORD PARK, y'know? It is not a ladylike genteel upperclass British pursuit! She's a highly muscled American and she could probably beat up Lara Croft!
perhael: Srsly, Lara would go DOWN
perhael: ...Mmmm, tennis in Lara Croft outfits
cim: mmmm Lara Croft's outfit
cim: LOL jinx.
perhael: Lol! It's true though.

*And okay, that's not where my mind was originally with the title, but it's not a bad place...

Comments

[i-naiad.livejournal.com]

Netball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball). I spent many years wearing a little skirt much less flash than this one (http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/05/12/svNETBALL_narrowweb__300x511,0.jpg").

See also, hockey (http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/03/25/hock8_wideweb__470x327,0.jpg).

You'll notice there's a tendency to wear little lycra shorts underneath.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The shorts thing is weird. A lot of players wear skirts that are essentially designed only to be worn with shorts (a combination known as a skort). Maria Sharapova wore her shorts and tux look (http://www.downthelinetennis.com/2008/06/fashion-fix-sharapova-nike-debut-tuxedo.html) at Wimbledon this year.

*surfing in from friendsfriends*

[shadowhuntress.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind. ;)

Martina Navratilova has been wearing shorts since the 90's.