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PHOTOS: Serena Williams feels like “modern day Cinderella” in showstopping Met Gala look

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No one aces Met Gala fashion like Serena Williams.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner made her seventh appearance at the Met Gala in New York City last night, and from her surprise golden bob hairstyle to her custom sea-foam gown with an epic puffer cape, every detail was a clean winner.

“For every dandy, there’s a gown,” Serena shared on Instagram, a nod to the evening’s theme.

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One of the biggest events on the fashion world’s social calendar, the star-studded gala raises funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and features a different dress code each year. The 2025 exhibition is called “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, and on Monday evening the theme was “Tailored for You”.

The event encouraged attendees to explore Black identity and history through the lens of dandyism, which NPR calls “an aesthetic and cultural tradition rooted in defiance, elegance, and self-definition.”

Serena arrived at the Met Gala wearing a custom Moncler x EE72 gown by Edward Enninful, accompanied by the designer himself (left).

Serena aced the assignment in style, walking the carpet in a light green gown by Moncler x EE72 by Edward Enninful. Formerly the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Enninful’s looks were also spotted on singer Alicia Keys and on popstar Miley Cyrus throughout the weekend.

But in the ultimate power move, Serena arrived at the Met Gala accompanied by the designer himself, who wore a regal tailcoat-inspired tuxedo look. The pair go way back, with Serena featured in Enninful’s “iconic” final British Vogue cover in 2024, along with 39 other stars.

“I felt like a modern day Cinderella with Moncler. Thank you, @edward_enninful!” she wrote on Instagram.

The former world No. 1’s dress featured off-the-shoulder sleeves and a sheer lace panel that revealed a slip of skin, while the show-stopping highlight was its matching long, quilted puffer cape—a nod to Moncler’s history in luxury outerwear.

o complete the ethereal look, Serena was covered in vintage diamonds by Fred Leighton, including wing-shaped earrings, a broach for her honey-blonde bob, a pinky ring and a platinum bracelet.

Older sister Venus was also in attendance on Monday evening, with the seven-time Grand Slam singles winner teaming up with Pelagia Lolotuoros, creative director at Lacoste, for a moody green tenniscore look.

Serena served as the event’s co-chair for the 2019 “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme alongside Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Alessandro Michele and Anna Wintour. This year, the co-chairs were Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour, with LeBron James as honorary chair.

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Serena Williams Melts Over Venus’ Met Gala Look That Honors Their Tennis Legacy

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If fashion and tennis go hand in hand, then we should call both Venus and Serena Williams the pioneers of it! Fashion started at the “grassroots level” for the elder sister, and for the younger one, it’s more like a mode of expression.

Recently, both these tennis divas stunned everyone with their glamorous looks at the 2025 Met Gala. Venus’s tennis-themed look literally became the talk of the town at this gala event. While speaking about her iconic outfit from Lacoste, Venus Williams revealed how they opted to try things a little differently at this year’s gala event. Having said that, she also disclosed that neither of them had any idea of what the other would be wearing at this event. What was Serena’s reaction after seeing her elder sister’s tennis-inspired Met Gala look?

Talking about this event, the Met Gala is an annual fundraising fashion festival that features celebrities from across the world. It is hosted in NYC, and the event allows a platform for the attendees to express themselves through their fashion. This year, Venus Williams donned a forest green dress with a bedazzled polo-style collar. Keeping the sporty nods intact, the dress also featured a pleated skirt that was short in front and extended in the back into a maxi skirt. Williams paired her dress with a matching green coat, which was decorated with tassel fringe along the lapels and the hems of the sleeves. Her footwear was more like a blend of sneakers and loafers.

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For Venus’ hairdo, the hairstylist Araxi Lindsey used a crisscross pattern to lay her hair flat, taking inspiration from traditional African hairstyles as well as the shorter styles worn in the 1920s. Dozens of metal clips were inlaid in her hair as an ode to the iconic beaded hairstyle she wore in the 2000s. Highlighting her tenniscore look, Venus Williams shared a post on her IG handle with the caption, “#SuperfineStyle with my @lacoste family at the #METGala 🐊✨.” After seeing this post, her sister, Serena Williams, dropped a comment saying, “Wow love these poses and this lewk.”

However, not only Serena Williams, even renowned tennis analyst, Prakash Amritraj also commented, “Perfection 😍.” Tennis has always been at the intersection of sports and fashion, and Lacoste has been very much part of it. In fact, it has helped players like Venus Williams elevate the sport-chic look. They had even dropped a comment on that post, “🔥🔥🔥.” What did Venus Williams say about her own outfit, which became the talk of the town in this star-studded event?

“I’m honored” – Venus Williams expresses her joy in partnering with Lacoste for this mega event

The Williams sisters have been attending this event for a long time now. But for Lacoste, it was a debut at the Met Gala, and they couldn’t have asked for a better representation! This year’s theme at the fashion’s biggest night was ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’, with the dress code being ‘Tailored for You.’

Venus Williams‘ look was designed by Lacoste’s creative director, Pelagia Kolotouros, who had also accompanied the tennis star at this red-carpet event. Speaking about Williams’ look, Kolotouros said, “Dressing Venus Williams was a profound privilege. She is a trailblazer: a tennis legend, a fashion icon, and a powerful voice for women. With this look, we brought together the tennis codes that are central to Venus’s life and career, and to Lacoste’s heritage, and reconstructed them through the lens of traditional tailoring. Her custom Couture look centres on the sports robe, reimagined with the precision and structure of tailoring, bonded with a weather-proof membrane, embellishment, and drama that brings further texture and movement. Every detail was crafted in Paris to reflect Venus’ stature and to express, through technique and silhouette, the full extent of our savoir-faire.”

Even her hairstylist, Araxi Lindsey, revealed how she wanted to creatively reimagine “crocodile skin through structural design while honoring African American culture.” What did Venus Williams say about her stunning look, though? “I’m so excited to be back at the Met Gala this year, especially with Lacoste for their incredible debut. Collaborating with Pelagia on this custom look made the night even more special. We’ve worked together for years, and this felt like such a full-circle moment. I’m honored to represent a brand that I admire so much on a night that celebrates creativity, history, art, and fashion.”

Not only Venus, but also Serena Williams’ elegant off-the-shoulder icy blue gown, which was paired with a dramatic quilted wrap, was literally a showstopper at the 2025 Met Gala

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Iga Swiatek ‘much harder’ to play against than Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, says former world No 1

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Karolina Pliskova says Iga Swiatek is a much tougher opponent to face than Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova as the Pole “gives you nothing” as the Czech also opened up about the fear factor that used to exist in the locker room.

Pliskova competed when Williams and Sharapova were at their peaks and she even topped the rankings in 2015 when the pair dominated the sport. Nine years later, the 32-year-old remains active on the WTA Tour and has also come up against current world No 1 Swiatek.

The Czech had a 2-2 head-to-head record against Williams, was 0-2 against Sharapova and 0-2 against Swiatek.

Having faced all three of them, the former world No 1 is in an excellent position to explain why Swiatek is such a difficult rival.

“To play against Iga Swiatek is much harder because she doesn’t give you anything. With Serena, in the end her game was much more aggressive or like Sharapova who I played. But they would at least give you light points or make some mistakes,” she said on the No Challenges podcast.

“I feel like Iga Swiatek is not so aggressive but she really gives you nothing and she doesn’t even have one dip where she would have like one bad game, at least in the matches where I played her.

“Especially on clay, she moves so well. I felt like with Serena, if you can get her on the move you could have some light points.

“I’m sure Serena at her best she would beat Swiatek on hard courts for sure, but it’s a different game, the personality is very different from both of them.”

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One of the reasons that Swiatek is more difficult to beat might be the fact that the overall level of the WTA Tour has improved in recent years.

Pliskova believes most players were afraid of stars like Williams-Sharapova back in the day and the locker room was dominated by fear, but things are different these days.

“Before you had bigger stars with bigger personalities and you wouldn’t even say ‘hi’ to them like Serena or Maria… of course there were some like Caroline Wozniacki, she nice girl so she would always speak with others, but then you had a couple they would just completely ignore you,” she explained.

“That was the mood in the locker rooms. For example, you wouldn’t even see Sharapova as she never entered the locker room so there was this fear. I never feared them on court, but you were always wondering ‘is she here, is she not going to play’.

“The stars were trying to be separate, but now I feel everybody is kind of at the same level, everybody is trying to be friendly. I think it is overall more friendly now than it was before, not too many enemies, but of course you always find somebody who hates somebody, but not too obvious.

“But on the other hand, I feel the [current] level is incredibly high from players who maybe 150-200, if they have a good day and the top player has a bad day then it could be an even match. Before I didn’t think that was the case.

“Before I had so many matches where I played completely s*** and I won whereas now if I play s*** there is no chance to win.”

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Claressa Shields KOs Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in 2nd round, winning 4th and 5th titles…

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DETROIT — Claressa Shields knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse early in the second round Saturday night, earning titles in a fourth and fifth division.

Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, moved up two weight classes to fight at 175 pounds as a light heavyweight and also claimed Lepage-Joanisse’s heavyweight belt. Her previous titles were at 154, 160 and 168 pounds.

She joined Roy Jones Jr. as the only two boxers in more than 100 years to win middleweight and heavyweight titles.

That’s another feat that makes her one of the greatest athletes of all time in any sport, according to Shields.

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“What I’ve been able to do in my career, from the amateur to the pros, I’m definitely top five,” Shield said. “If you want to put me up there next to Michael Jordan, Kobe (Bryant), Serena Williams, Muhammad Ali. I’m definitely in that conversation.”

Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) ended the first round with a series of combinations and started the second with more, barely breaking a sweat, and landed a flurry of shots that sent Lepage-Joanisse down for the third and final time 1:09 into the round.

Lepage-Joanisse (22-3-1) was on defense from the start of her short night.

Shields boxed for the first time since defending her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo nearly 14 months ago.

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In between bouts, she improved to 2-1 as a MMA fighter in February.

Shields gained 15 pounds, then lost five pounds, before weighing in at just under 175 pounds.

“I was able to eat a lot of pho,” she said. “Usually, I have to be careful with noodles in camp because of the carbs.”

She sparred against men, including one who weighs 190 pounds, and made some changes to her strength and conditioning program.

“Looking at Vanessa in her fights, she pushed girls back because her legs are very strong,” Shields said while promoting the fight during a visit to Detroit Lions training camp on Thursday, when Hulk Hogan also was there for a visit. “We made sure I have the power in my legs to push her back, and not get pushed back, and also really worked on the strength in my arms.”

Shields won gold medals in the women’s middleweight division at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, making her the first boxer from the United States to win consecutive Olympic medals.

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She is the only American to win Olympic gold in boxing since 2004 and was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation last October.

Shields was a big enough name to draw boxing to Little Caesars Arena for the first time last year and did it again, headlining a card with up-and-coming fighters with seats sold out on the floor and a lower level that was mostly full.

Thomas Hearns, the revered fighter known as “The Hitman,” watched from a front-row seat next to Jackie Kallen, who became the first female manager inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame

Michel Rivera (26-1) of the Dominican Republic, ranked 30th at 140 pounds, won with a split decision against Hugo Alberto Roldan of Argentina.

Julian Smith improved to 9-2 with a split-decision victory over 34th-ranked super lightweight Shohjahon Ergashev (24-1) of Uzbekistan.

Smith, a deaf boxer from the Chicago area, hopes his performance shows hearing loss isn’t an obstacle in the ring.

“It inspires me to show the world that people can do it, given the right access,” he said through an American Sign Language interpreter.

 

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