Linda Kennedy - Wimbledon common are we? Not with this new fashion show

HEAR the expression "well-groomed" at Wimbledon, and it will refer to the courts, not the players. When commentators say "it's end-to-end stuff", they're not talking applications of hair serum. When it comes to style and beauty at the tennis championship, there have mostly been horrors at which I could out-grunt the heaviest of back-court hitters. Yet for all of these reasons, the fuss over fashion this week is a good thing.

There's a reason Wimbledon merchandise sells well outside the UK: it's because there is an aspiring middle-class in countries such as India and China. You don't get anything more middle-class than Wimbledon. Buying Wimbledon shoes from John Lewis, ha...