Another tennis tournament, another Venus Williams creation. Awesomely, this one is a blousey romper — although, she called it a jumper, which may have confused some of the Brit faithful at Wimbledon, who might have turned out in droves to see someone playing tennis in a sweater and then were sorely disappointed. Maybe that can be her next trick. We’ll call it Cosbyball.
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It looks silly, but good for her! The players always feel limited by Wimby all white rule, so the more fashion forward of the ladies always have to do something weird to make up for the lack of color. As a player, I would be distracted by the batwing sleeves and probably the belt, but the Williamses have never seemed to have problems kicking A and still wearing 5 pound earrings, hair beads, or flowy rompers.
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I love it! C’mon: it’s a belted, exposed back, blouson armed, zipped, loose, vaguely-nappy-adjacent playsuit, in LACE, but it still fits with the Wimbledon rules. And frankly looked more comfy to play in than Serena’s minidress today, which she had to keep tugging down.
I like to think the floral lace is Kate-Middleton-wedding-dress-inspired. But it probably isn’t.
The sleeves are horrid. Ugly, impractical for a sport where you swing your arms around and as you noted, make the whole thing look like some kind of garment that should be made of terry-cloth.
I prefer athletes to wear standard athletic gear so I never like the foofaraw that some tennis players wear. Whether it’s whatever insanity Venus or Serena carts out, or whatever silly dress Sharapova wears trying to convince us she’s tiny, waifish Audrey Hepburn instead of a strapping 6’3″ professional athlete or Nadal and his wedgie-capris and now candy-colored shirts.
But like with everything I think might annoy me about tennis, I choose to blame Andre Agassi and his stone-washed jean shorts, day-glo bicycle shorts and clipped on wig and head band combination for this.
I would never, ever wear it — not least because I prefer to avoid anything vaguely polterwangian. But I love that Venus wore it. I’m fine with professional athletes having fun with their professional wardrobe when they can, like track & field athletes and figure skaters. If it doesn’t bother Venus to play tennis with batwing sleeves or belts or enormous earrings or romper wedgies or knee socks, then by all means I think she should wear what she wants. I think it’s a fun part of the game.
I think it looks like a toga, like after the match she had plans to go to a party with Otter and Bluto.
And you know what? I want to go to that party.
I would never wear it either – esp since I would be picking my wedgie on every shot on center court. I just wish her clothes FIT – everything is so tight and looks uncomfortable. Your a big girl, don’t care if you show off your muscles, but jeez can you get something to cover your butt?
COSBYBALL!
I damn near drenched my keyboard…
I actually love it. I imagine it would be lightweight, cool, and loose, which sounds comfy for playing tennis. It’s also nice to see something a little different amist all the Wimbledon white.
On another note: Did you all see the white jacket Bethanie Mattek-Sands wore to walk onto the court for her first-round match? It was AMAZING.
My boyfriend said it reminded him of what Sean Connery wore poolside in GOLDFINGER, which was a terry romper. And although I don’t care for this ensemble, or most of the Williams’ highly impractical ensembles, it’s actually a huge improvement over what she wore in the Australian Open this year. Why did no one talk about that outfit? I guess she lost too early and everyone who saw it wanted to forget it had happened. I think the Williams sisters are angling for their own Fugstory feature, which would be awesome.
This is pretty bad. Though not as bad as some of the other crap she and her sister have “designed.” What gets me is the stuff they wear is not only incredibly unflattering, but almost always looks awkward or uncomfortable to wear. Constant tugging up of bodices, picking of wedgies, exposed bra straps, etc. all make it so irritating to watch them play. I love tennis and I wish I could just enjoy their gameplay without being distracted by their hideous garments.
I hate Maria Sharapova’s twee ice-dancey outfits, too. But at least they’re usually well-fitting and relatively unobtrusive.
Oh, well…. not like any of them care about my opinions, anyway…. ;P
It just looks incredibly poorly made. It looks cheap. That zipper! How it just…ends. In a lump of fabric. At one’s midsection. I don’t even care about the batwing sleeves or whether it’s shorts or whatnot. I just want it to look more polished and expensive, since it probably IS expensive.
Fug. Completely fug. Did her sister design it? That would explain it.
Dang it, I’m sick of looking at people’s crotches. And can we talk about her face in picture 4??
I think I kind of get what the designer was going for, but I have a problem with the execution.
Southern England in summer is mad humid, and this looks like it was meant to be a self-ventilating piece. In one of the motion shots it doesn’t look bad at all. But in the others … ugh. The loose + white + shorts combo flatters almost no one.
Venus has one of the best bodies on the planet. Why oh why isn’t she showing it off as she normally does — in something tight, tiny, and wacky? Of all humans, she has the right.
Venus. This was soooo avoidable.
Venus can wear any damn thing she pleases, because she is GOOD. Possibly past her prime, which is eventually unavoidable, but GOOD. Go Venus!!!! And no, I don’t think we get to talk about her face in picture 4, either. SHE’S PLAYING TENNIS, HARD.
Egad, those perfect arms. I should do some push-ups. Seriously.
I think she looks great, and comfortable while earning her way to another million or so. She is participating in the highest level of athleticism, and for her to add high fashion to the mix is brilliant. The wings are there, perhaps, to soak up excessive armpit sweat?
Actually, picture 4 is my favorite — you can see the romper best (and it looks best, IMO) in that shot. That’s the one that got me thinking about the outfit as performance wear: a subject I know very little about, I’ll admit.
And, dude. That’s her face. Want to see MY Work Face? I think not!
As someone who is glued to the tv when tennis is on, thank you for commenting on tennis fashion!! (much better comments than Brad Gilbert can offer
Venus has been designing all her tennis outfits for years (she even has a degree in fashion design from someplace), and I appreciate the fact that she has created a line that is reasonably priced (unlike Nike and others). But – I have yet to see one of her outfits that I would ever wear, or that anyone I know would wear. They are awful! Remember the “illusion” stuff from the French Open last year? I really wish she would collaborate with someone who has some talent in fashion design.
I FEAR COSBYBALL!!! But, I kind of like this outfit; it’s making things interesting… And, please, stop it with the jewelry in the tennis court!
BTW, she looks just like David Alan Grier in picture #4!!! LOVE IT!
Seriously, it’s time for a Williams Sisters Fugnibus. Maybe after the US Open. It defies belief, what these women have worn on the court. And hey, I know they are designing them and they have the right to wear what they want because they are badass, yadayada, but fug is fug, people! That is FUG.
Not that I want them to tone it down AT ALL. I enjoy the fug greatly. I love watching the Slams, and seeing what people are wearing on the court only adds to the fun for me. Players are definitely being more adventurous in what they wear lately.
You need a photo of the back, cos that’s the wierdest bit of it all.
I, for one, am just glad she’s wearing an outfit that doesn’t make me to a double take every time i walk by the tv and think “wait, naked tennis is a thing now?”
Remember THOSE outfits? so, YAY for clothing!
When I was young and impressionable and Martina Navratilova was in her prime, I loved her because she wore shorts instead of those stupid short skirts. Ah, youth and innocence. I love the Wms sisters, but loathe their outfits. You’re an athlete. I don’t wanna see your boobs, I don’t wanna see your butt. Eww.
… off to scold the neighborhood boys about wearing their pants too low….
I keep thinking that if pro tennis required its players to dress like pro beach volleyball players, the game would have a much, much larger following. I do like the idea of a peplos/chiton inspiration to this, but that would require a lot more drapey fabric than this has — or that would be practical for tennis. And, as always, I adore that she’s built like a superhero. Yay athletes!
Not only is it awful, just like the last one it breaks the rules. Flesh colored underwear is not allowed. You can see most of her chocolate brown bra from the back. And you know your romper is too short when you have to wear gold spandex undies just to remain decent. And why is it that her outfits never ever fit? They have to be custom made right? If I were designing my own clothes, I sure as shit would make sure they flatter me. And since we are talking tennis, some of that stuff Stella McCartney is putting on Caroline Wozniacki isn’t so hot either.
If she needs to blot her pits those towels are handy (one each side).
There was a terrible photo of Venus playing in this where her breasticles looked like bazookas and I mean BAZOOKAS. Like size 64!!!
And here it is.
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This would have been so cute as a dress! I’m all for getting away from typical court fashions, but NOT rompers. The only time rompers might be acceptable is for little girls, and I’m still not sure exactly how I feel about that.
We’re not talking about some pretentious hack here, this is Venus Williams. I always think her clothes are an outrage, but I get it: it’s what she wants to wear, she emphasizes her femininity on purpose, and she pleases herself. She wants you to see that when you watch her play like she’s the strongest human being on the planet.
Is it proven that it is indeed of the female persuation?
It’s awesome. I often think Venus misses the mark, fashionwise, though I love that she tries new stuff. This outfit is actually legit great, in my opinion, and it looks great on her awesome bod.
I love the Williamses.