Having A Ball Wimbledon 2008

2008 Wimbledon Tennis Stars dressed by Having A Ball Dress Hire.

Elisabeth Piner and Having A Ball Dress Hire once again provided dresses and a full dressing, hair and make-up service for many of the 2008 wimbledon tennis stars, for the Wimbledon championship ball at The Intercontinental Hotel in Park Lane, London.

Once again we were joined by Ella, our professional make-up artist and hairstylist and by Francesca Arpino, to prepare this year’s winning players, friends and family members, for the ball.

See below for pictures of Ella preparing Britain’s 2008 teenage Wimbledon winner, Laura Robson, plus (more) pictures of tennis superstar Venus Williams and her mother.

Wimbledon 2008 Tennis Stars Hire Dresses From Elisabeth Piner For The Championship Dinner At The Intercontinental

Britains 2008 teenage Wimbledon winner Laura Robson
with Elisabeth Piner of Having A Ball Dress Hire, London.

Britains Laura Robson prepares for the 2008 Wimbledon championship ball
with make up by Ella, courtesy of Having A Ball Dress Hire, Kingston.

Britains Laura Robson prepares for the 2008 Wimbledon championship ball
with hair-dressing services by Ella and Having A Ball Dress Hire, Kingston.

Tennis superstar Venus Williams with Elisabeth Piner of Having A Ball
Dress Hire London, preparing for the 2008 Wimbledon championship ball.

Wimbledon 2008, Venus Williams pictured with
Francesca of Having A Ball Dress Hire London

Mrs Williams (mother to Venus and Sarena Williams), with Elisabeth Piner
of Having A Ball Dress Hire, London, for Wimbledon 2008.

2008 Press Releases:

“Apparently I get put in the room with a rack full of dresses and I get to pick one”, The Independant
“Elizabeth Piner laid out 150 frocks in the changing rooms at Centre Court. And Laura was the first to pick.”, Daily Mail
“Britain’s teenage Wimbledon winner was the belle of the Champions Ball last night”, Daily Telegraph

For more than 10 years Elisabeth Piner has dressed the Wimbledon tennis stars for the championship dinner at the Savoy. Beautiful dresses designed by famous names such as Jenny Packham and supplied by Having A Ball dress hire have been worn by such Wimbledon tennis stars as Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Angelique Widjana, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, Steffi Graf, Lindsey Davenport, Jana Novotna and many more.