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, will probably be taking a break.
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 famous person mentioned this isn’t the tip of EleVen.
Williams mentioned she’s urgent pause on the model to refine, retool and ultimately return with an enhanced “total model expertise.”
“This pause will not be a farewell, however a see you quickly,” Venus Williams wrote within the e-mail.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion will not be 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 resolution wasn’t straightforward, nevertheless it’s a vital step in the direction of making certain that we come again stronger and higher than ever.
“I wish to categorical my heartfelt gratitude to your unwavering assist and loyalty to the EleVen model. Your dedication means the world to us.”
Although the EleVen model will probably be clearing its remaining product from its warehouse, Venus Williams mentioned she’s not closing the curtain on EleVen.
“This pause will not be 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 just do that….
“Your assist has impressed me personally, and I’m excited to return 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.
“Certainly one of my objectives is to play in the US,” Williams mentioned in a latest YouTube publish. “To play within the Miami Open, to play at Indian Wells – I’ve not performed there since 2019, attributable to accidents, and it’s a very long time.
“That’s certainly one of my huge objectives on the horizon, to be there and try this – amongst many different objectives on the court docket. My little sister Serena instructed me I’m not allowed to stop. In fact I might by no means stop, nevertheless it’s the mandate, she mentioned no. So I will probably be again on the court docket, and within the meantime, I simply have to return to rehab.”
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