PARIS (Reuters) – Before sticking to the strict all-white dress code at Wimbledon next month, Venus Williams is indulging in some risque French cancan in Paris.
The American's black lace corset resembling an offcast from the nearby Moulin Rouge cabaret has been the talk of the French Open, and the accompanying tight skin-colored knickers have raised just as many dumbstruck glares.
The American's black lace corset resembling an offcast from the nearby Moulin Rouge cabaret has been the talk of the French Open, and the accompanying tight skin-colored knickers have raised just as many dumbstruck glares.
"The design has nothing to do with the rear. It just so happens that I have a very well developed one," she chuckled during her post-match press conference.
"It's really about the illusion. Like you can wear lace, but what's the point of wearing lace when there's just black under," she added. "The illusion of just having bare skin is definitely for me a lot more beautiful. So it's really not about anything else other than just that skin showing."
Dumbstruck is an understatement. I had the misfortune of stumbling upon this picture and then had the even greater misfortune of having to look at the picture three times before I finally figured out that Venus wasn't actually going commando here. Cruel trick though - and not because she isn't naked because trust me I'm thankful for that - but because I always thought that the country club tennis etiquette didn't allow this type of outfit. For years men everywhere prayed that Anna Kournikova would wear this exact thing onto the court and for years those prayers went unanswered. We never saw 'black lace corsette' or the 'skin colored knickers' - never even a slight illusion of nakedness. Instead Anna treated us with half-hearted grunts and a few appearances in Enrique Iglesias videos. And for that her star dimmed. As the great Charles Barkley once said of Larry Bird's insistence on shooting, "If you have a mercedes, you have to drive it." Well Anna's body was a friggin Bentley and she never once took it out of the garage. Bigger disappointment then Kwame, Olowakandi, and Morrison combined in my mind.
p.s. I really hope Lavar...I mean Serena... doesn't try outdo her sister on this outfit.
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