Lotto Top Ten Printed Women’s Tennis Tee
About Faenza
This city stands on the Lamone River between Bologna and Forlì. It was a Roman settlement on the Via Aemilia, later passed through papal and local rule, and gave its name in several European languages to tin-glazed earthenware.
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A printed women’s tennis tee in Lotto’s Top Ten line, the Italian house’s performance tennis family. Lotto has been making tennis kit since 1973, and Top Ten is the range built for play rather than for the clubhouse.
The print is the whole proposition. A plain tee is a garment; a printed one carries a graphic, which means the shirt has to be judged on two counts at once — how it fits and what it says. It is also the least forgiving cut in the sport. With no collar, no placket and no structure, nothing holds the shape but the pattern and the cloth, so there is nowhere for a poor fit to hide.
A print adds one more consideration, since a graphic sits on the surface of the fabric and can stiffen the panel it covers if it is applied heavily rather than printed fine.
Faenza sits on the Po plain in Emilia-Romagna, where summers are humid and still and inland heat holds well into the evening.
In air like that, sweat evaporates slowly and a shirt stays wet once it is wet, so the weight of the knit and how open it is decide how a tee plays through a second and a third set — and a large solid print is the part of the shirt that breathes least.
Specifications
| Type | Women's tennis tee |
|---|---|
| Line | Top Ten |
| Finish | Printed graphic |
| Sport | Tennis |
| Brand | Lotto |
Lotto’s own catalogue does not surface a fabric composition, a neckline, a fit or a size run for this shirt, and the documented specification for the shorts in the same family is not evidence for the tee. Nothing has been listed above that cannot be verified, and the remaining detail should be taken from the tag.
LET Lotto Top Ten Printed Women’s Tennis Tee SHOW YOU Faenza
Tee: Shirt: If a cup can survive centuries in the world’s largest ceramics museum, what is the self but a slightly nervous vessel with better stitching? The Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche was founded in 1908—there, I remembered the date before the clay judged me.
Tee: Shirt: Before the Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo and the Fontana Monumentale, one must ask: are we flowing toward meaning, or merely posing attractively near water? The fountain is from 1621—yes, yes, I nearly let eternity swallow the date.
Tee: Shirt: In Palazzo Milzetti’s painted rooms, does beauty live on the wall, in the eye, or in the person trying not to overthink a tennis tee? The palace is a celebrated neoclassical house museum in Faenza—late 18th to early 19th century, which I remembered just as the ceiling began to look disappointed.
Tee: Shirt: At Bottega d'Arte Ceramica Gatti, where majolica is still made by hand, I ask whether craftsmanship is time becoming visible—or just the universe refusing fast fashion. The workshop has been active since 1928, a date I absolutely knew the whole time.
Jackson Phillips here. Owner of TTT. We are working hard every day to bring you the most useful product reviews in the business. Our goal is putting the right product in every hand. If you have time, shoot me an email at jacksonphillips@thetennistactician.com and tell me exactly what you think of your purchase. The more feedback we get, the better we can serve. Thank you for your patronage. And Burn, Laugh, and Learn.