By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, February 8, 2024
Venus Williams goals to make her return at Indian Wells subsequent month.
The previous world No. 1’s trademark model, EleVen by Venus Williams, can be taking a break.
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In an e mail to retailers, the four-time Olympic gold-medal champion introduced she is urgent pause on her famed EleVen attire model.
The 43-year-old celebrity stated this isn’t the top of EleVen.
Williams stated she’s urgent pause on the model to refine, retool and finally return with an enhanced “total model expertise.”
“This pause is just not a farewell, however a see you quickly,” Venus Williams wrote within the e mail.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion is just not solely the founding father of EleVen, she’s one of many model’s chief designers.
“We have determined to quickly pause our operations as we take a second to refine our methods and improve the general model expertise,” Venus Williams wrote. “This determination wasn’t simple, however it’s an important step in direction of making certain that we come again stronger and higher than ever.
“I need to specific my heartfelt gratitude in your unwavering assist and loyalty to the EleVen model. Your dedication means the world to us.”
Although the EleVen model can be clearing its remaining product from its warehouse, Venus Williams stated she’s not closing the curtain on EleVen.
“This pause is just not a farewell however a see you quickly,” Venus Williams wrote. “We’re devoted to embodying our credo, “Be your finest self,” and this break will permit us to do exactly that….
“Your assist has impressed me personally, and I’m excited to come back again and proceed the journey collectively.”
Venus Williams earned her affiliate diploma in vogue design from the Artwork Institute of Fort Lauderdale on December 13, 2007, which was the identical 12 months she launched EleVen.
Although Eleven will quickly be unavaible in retailers, presumably Venus will nonetheless put on her trademark model when she returns to court docket subsequent month.
“Considered one of my targets is to play in the USA,” Williams stated in a current YouTube put up. “To play within the Miami Open, to play at Indian Wells – I’ve not performed there since 2019, as a consequence of accidents, and it’s a very long time.
“That’s considered one of my huge targets on the horizon, to be there and do this – amongst many different targets on the court docket. My little sister Serena informed me I’m not allowed to stop. In fact I’d by no means stop, however it’s the mandate, she stated no. So I can be again on the court docket, and within the meantime, I simply have to return to rehab.”
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