Serena Williams Turned Down Virgil Abloh’s Original Outfit Idea For The 2019 French OpenBoth on and off the tennis court, Serena Williams always uses fashion to make a statement. But she recently shared that her custom ensemble from the 2019 French Open, designed by her late collaborator, friend, and fashion legend, Virgil Abloh, wasn’t his original outfit plan for her.
After facing criticism for her catsuit at the French Open the year prior, Williams wore a matching crop top, tennis skirt, and printed-cape jacket inscribed with the French words for “mother,” “champion,” “queen,” and “goddess,” which were meant to help her stay inspired throughout the match. But the original ‘fit Abloh designed for her took a much bolder strike.
“So the collaboration for the French Open — I still kind of regret not doing what Virgil told me to do,” Williams says in. “He wanted me to wear this long skirt with the crazy train, and then a cape with a train, and then just walk out on the court. And I’m thinking, ‘Virgil, I like fashion, and I like pushing the envelope, but this — I just don’t think I can do this.’”
When she saw him next, she instantly admitted that she should’ve gone for it. “I just wasn’t brave enough to go out there in all the red clay, and just walk out in this train, of like, a Met Gala at the French Open,” she recalls. Abloh and Williams had collaborated on several looks in previous years, and the two first teamed up in 2018 for an
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