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3 unusual facts about Lilí Álvarez


Jean de Gaillard de la Valdène

He was married to Lilí Álvarez, the Spanish tennis player and feminist in 1934, who held feminist salons at their house in Bollène.

Kea Bouman

In 1929, Bouman teamed with Spain's Lilí Álvarez to win the women's doubles title at the French Championships.

Lilí Álvarez

In 1931, she shocked the staid tennis world by playing at Wimbledon in a divided tennis skirt specially made by designer Elsa Schiaparelli that was the forerunner of shorts (pictured).



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