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All-American: Venus & Serena

Venus & Serena | E7 Style Points

All-American: Venus & Serena

SiriusXM Podcasts

Sports

3.3570 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Venus and Serena have made no secret of the fact that they love fashion, and their looks have been featured on red carpets and magazine covers. But their influence goes deeper than that. Both sisters have made bold on-court fashion choices that have redefined the sartorial possibilities for women in tennis

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

Previously on All-American.

0:12.0

Richard was teaching the girls how to become entrepreneurs, and that was really his ultimate goal for them.

0:18.0

He bragged about how they would be out of the game of tennis by age 24

0:21.7

and running their own businesses. You know, she told me, I teach my kids to live in reality.

0:27.5

You're black. You always have to work harder and you don't have to prove yourself to anybody.

0:32.3

I don't expect you to apologize and essentially she meant for her for their confidence, their cockiness, to anyone.

0:58.1

Every major manufacturer apparel and every major racket supplier came calling everybody So I'm going to go a little bit away from tennis. Okay.

0:58.9

And I have to talk about your outfit.

1:00.6

Oh.

1:05.0

Now when I first saw it, I said, this is the best thing I've ever seen, and you've had some outfits.

1:13.6

Serena Williams' look at the 2021 Australian Open was a bold, asymmetrical body suit, with big blocks of pink, red, and black.

1:24.2

The ensemble was inspired by Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flojo, the fastest and most stylish sprinter in women's track and field in the 80s.

1:35.6

I think this is one of the best ones, though. I mean, it's been, you know, I always like, it's like, okay, how do I outdo it?

1:43.4

But I think we outdid it this time.

1:45.7

Serena is used to making waves with her on-court looks. At nearly every tournament she plays,

1:52.1

she and her team at Nike create something special for her to wear.

1:56.5

Serena's been sponsored by Nike since she was 22 years old when she first signed a $40 million contract with them.

2:04.3

And the colors? Who came up with the color scheme?

2:08.5

They came up with the color scheme.

2:11.3

So they did everything with this design.

2:13.9

I keep texting them after every day.

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