Wimbledon tradition infiltrated by America's Ralph Lauren

AP Worldstream | June 16, 2006| | Copyright

JANE WARDELL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-16-2006
Dateline: LONDON
Wimbledon's strict dress code banning color and flashy corporate logos has made the tournament a bastion of tradition for more than a century.

But the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club finally have been infiltrated _ by a U.S. fashion house, no less.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. will become the first external company in 129 years to outfit the tournament's on-court officials, who will exchange their green polyester grass-blending jackets for smart navy blue ones. In the past, Wimbledon has done its own ...

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