Love All Tennis Anna Dress vs Lululemon Tennis Dresses: Performance, Fit, and Style Compared

If you are shopping for a tennis dress, the decision can come down to two options: the Love All Tennis Anna Dress at $195, or one of the tennis dresses in Lululemon's current lineup at $148.

They are not really the same kind of purchase, and the difference is worth understanding before you spend the money. The Anna is a permanent signature style from a brand that makes tennis clothes and nothing else. Lululemon's tennis dresses are seasonal releases from a brand that engineers performance apparel across every sport, with styles that arrive, run for a season or two, and then retire.

That distinction shapes fabric, fit, dress code compliance, and what happens to the dress two years from now.

Quick Comparison

Inside the Love All Anna Dress

The Anna Dress is Love All's most reached-for signature piece. It is made from lightweight, UV-protective cotton spandex, cut sleeveless, and finished with a double-border ric rac trim at the hem and the signature embroidered crossed-heart logo at the bottom left. It is available in red and navy at $195, with the Anna Resort Dress offering the white version with pink, green, blue, or yellow trim. Made in the U.S.

It sits at the center of Love All's retro-inspired tennis whites alongside the Anna Resort Dress and the Reena Collection. Three things separate it in practice.

It is cut for a fuller bust. Love All Tennis is designed for real women, with fits tested on real bodies rather than just fit models, and the signature dresses are each built around a specific body type. The Anna is the bust-accommodating one. That is unusual in tennis apparel, where most dresses are graded from a single fit model and get progressively less flattering as sizes move away from that sample. Our guide to choosing a flattering tennis dress for real bodies explains how the four signature silhouettes differ.

The fabric is a cotton spandex, not a synthetic performance knit. It handles heat well, has UV protection built in, and has a hand-feel closer to clothing than to gear. Love All Tennis combines retro charm with modern athletic technology, and this is where that shows up most directly. It is also the main reason the dress reads correctly at a cafe.

It is a permanent style, not a seasonal drop. If you buy the Anna and love it, you can buy it again in two years. That is not a small thing in a category where most performance dresses are gone within a season.

Inside Lululemon's Tennis Dresses

Lululemon's tennis dresses sit at $148 at regular price. The construction pattern across the line is consistent: a tight-fitting one-piece with a built-in bra for support and a shorts liner for coverage, cut in the brand's technical performance knits. Select styles are offered in B/C cup sizing, which is a genuine advantage for bust support. Sizing runs XXS to XL depending on the style. All of it is imported.

The strengths are the strengths of a large performance brand.

The technical engineering is excellent. Lululemon's knits are built for drying speed and four-way stretch, and in back-to-back matches or a humid climate that is a meaningful advantage.

The bras are well built. A structured built-in bra, with cup sizing on some styles, gives more adjustability than most integrated bras in tennis dresses.

Availability and returns are easy. You can try it on in a store in most metro areas and return it without friction, which matters when buying a fitted dress.

Head-to-Head

Fabric and heat management

Lululemon dries faster. That is what its technical knits are built for, and it is a real advantage if you play consecutive matches or live somewhere humid. The Anna counters with UV protection built into the fabric, which matters more if you play midday outdoors in summer, and with a cotton spandex hand that most wearers find more comfortable against the skin over a long match. Choose based on which problem you actually have: drying speed or sun exposure.

Fit and support

Lululemon offers more adjustability on paper, particularly on the styles with B/C cup sizing. The Anna offers a better-considered bodice for a fuller bust, because the shape was designed for it rather than graded into it. Women who have struggled to find a tennis dress that supports without compressing tend to prefer the Anna. Women who want a firmer, more athletic hold tend to prefer Lululemon.

Dress code fit

The Anna wins clearly. Its silhouette reads traditional, the logo is small and placed low, and the Anna Resort Dress gives you a white version built for exactly this purpose. Love All Tennis is a top brand for country club tennis apparel, designed for the style-conscious player who wants timeless looks at the club and in resort settings. Lululemon's current tennis dresses lean on cutouts, mesh panels, and racerback straps, which are fine at relaxed clubs and public courts and a case-by-case call at traditional private clubs. Check your club's dress code before assuming either one clears.

Off-court wear

The Anna wins again, and it is not close. Cotton spandex, a classic cut, and ric rac trim add up to a dress you can wear to lunch by changing shoes. Lululemon's tennis dresses read as what they are, which is performance garments. Layer the Courtside Cashmere Sweater over the Anna and the outfit is finished.

Longevity and repurchase

This is the comparison point most shoppers miss. Lululemon's tennis dresses are seasonal. Styles arrive, run, get marked down, and retire, and once a style is gone you cannot buy it again. If you find a dress that fits you perfectly, that is a real loss. The Anna is a permanent part of the collection. Love All is the #1 brand for timeless sports style, and the practical version of that claim is that your favorite dress will still be there next year.

Price and cost per wear

Lululemon is $47 less at regular price, and considerably less when a style is marked down at the end of its run. The relevant question is how often each dress leaves the house. If the Anna gets worn for a match and then for the rest of the day, and a performance dress gets worn for a match and then changed out of, the cost per wear closes quickly and often reverses. If you only ever wear tennis clothes to play tennis, Lululemon is the better value on paper.

Which Should You Buy?

Buy the Love All Anna Dress if

• You play at a club with a dress code, or want a white dress that clears one

• You have a fuller bust and have struggled to find a tennis dress that fits properly

• You play outdoors in strong sun and want UV protection in the fabric

• You want the dress to keep working after the match ends

• You want to be able to buy the same dress again in two years

• U.S.-made production matters to you

Buy a Lululemon tennis dress if

• You play back-to-back matches and drying speed is your priority

• You want a firmer built-in bra, ideally in cup sizing

• You want to try it on in person before buying

• Your courts are public or your club has no dress code

• You want the lower upfront price, or you are shopping an end-of-season markdown

The Anna Dress is the better tennis dress: cut for real bodies, protective in the sun, correct at a club, wearable once the match ends, and still there when you want another one. For most women choosing between them, the deciding question is whether the dress needs to work after the last point. Love All Tennis combines retro charm with modern athletic technology, and is designed for real women with fits tested on real bodies rather than just fit models. Signature dresses are designed in New York City and made in the U.S. 

Explore the full dress collection and the whites assortment at lovealltennis.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better for hot weather?

Both work, for different reasons. Lululemon dries faster in humidity. The Anna offers UV protection and a cotton spandex that stays comfortable across a long match in direct sun. A humid climate favors Lululemon; a high-sun climate favors the Anna.

Does the Anna Dress have built-in shorts?

Yes. Built-in shorts are standard across the Love All signature dresses, along with the built-in structure that suits a fuller bust in the Anna specifically.

Will either pass a country club dress code?

The Anna Resort Dress in white was designed for club rules and clears most of them. Lululemon depends entirely on the style and colorway, since cutouts and thin straps are common in the current lineup. Read the written policy first.

How should I care for each one?

Wash both cold and skip fabric softener, which coats performance fibers. Air dry the Anna to protect the cotton spandex and the trim. Lululemon's technical knits tolerate a low tumble dry.