Through the years, people have become more daring in the way they dress?so have sports outfits such as tennis clothing items. It's interesting to trace the roots of tennis clothes and how they evolved over the past years. Men's Apparel The earliest tennis clothes for men were made up of cardigans or sweater vests, shirts, and long flannel pants. In the 1930s, male tennis players changed their tennis outfits by tossing out flannel pants in favor of shorts. British tennis player Henry "Bunny" Austin holds the distinction of being the first top tennis player to wear white shorts in a tennis match. Since then, the standard fashion in terms of men's apparel included white shorts and pants. However, they were replaced by brightly colored lycra shorts. Some tennis players opted for blue denim shorts or loose shorts instead of the longer lycra shorts. Fast forward to 2005?the time when men's tennis clothes started to keep pace with the boldness of modern tennis att...