Get That Classic Jimmy Connors Style With The Sergio Tacchini Italia Track Top
The Sergio Tacchini Italia track top revives the legendary mid 70s sportwear style originally worn by the American tennis legend Jimmy Connors.
If there's a pinnacle era for Sergio Tacchini it's most definitely the 1970s & 1980s. Thanks to endorsement deals with American tennis legends like Jimmy Connors with his playboy lifestyle & highly profiled career, "The People's Champion" as Connors was known, marked a new era on the courts thanks to Tacchini's vision of style driven sportswear. Connors wasn't your average tennis player, he had a certain flair about him, dated Miss World and became the number 1 seeded player in 1975. With 3 Grand Slam's already under his belt, Connors signed with Tacchini the same year, marking one of their very first high profiled tennis endorsements before the days of McEnroe, Sampras & Cash. Even though the sponsorship only lasted less than year with Connors switching to Robert Bruce JC also in 1975 followed by Cerutti 1881 in the early 1980s, it left a lasting mark on sportswear. The Sergio Tacchini track top worn by Jimmy Connors in the 1975 Wimbledon final would light the fuse of the Italian sportswear brand's dominance on the tennis world & Casual subculture for the next 10 years. Celebrating the design of the original silhouette worn by Jimmy Connors, Sergio Tacchini have now introduced the Italia track top.
Above: The Sergio Tacchini Italia track top in gardenia/green/red now available from 80s Casual Classics.
Originally founded in 1966 by the Italian tennis champion of the same name, Sergio Tacchini rose to fame at the pinnacle of casual sportswear in the late 1970s & early 1980s. Worn by a new generation or rock 'n' roll tennis stars like Jimmy Connors & John McEnroe, Tacchini's vision of style driven sportswear took the elite tennis world by storm. One of the most sought after sportswear brands of the original Casuals, it was the various track tops from the iconic Italian sportswear brand that really put the ST logo on the map.
Above: The Sergio Tacchini Italia track top in gardenia/green/red now available from 80s Casual Classics.
The original track top which was famously worn by Jimmy Connors in 1975 now arrives at 80s Casual Classics in all its OG glory in the form of the Italia track top. Featuring the original gardenia green colourway as worn by the American tennis legend, the Italia features a soft poly-cotton fabric with the famous colour-blocked panelling and stripes of the mid 70s sportswear silhouette. Finished off with the iconic ST branding to the left, the Italia track top is a must have retro tennis style for all ages. Shop the very latest Sergio Tacchini arrivals at 80s Casual Classics now via the links.