Venus Williams To Launch Own Clothing Line

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It seems like every single celebrity in any given field wants to design their own clothing line these days. Paris Hilton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Rodriguez….the list seems endless. And now you can add top tennis player Venus Williams to that list.

That’s right. Williams, who is staging a major comeback with her fourth win at Wimbledon earlier this summer, will be playing next week at the U.S. Open clad in an outfit and shoes from EleVen, her own clothing line developed in collaboration with retailer Steve & Barry's.

Touted by the company as the largest collection ever created by a female athlete, the range is apparently the fruit of Venus’ attending fashion classes at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where she’s set to receive a degree from by yearend.

The name EleVen, according to Williams, refers to her childhood address in Compton, Calif., which included the number, and that "Eleven can be better than the best".

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