Serena in U.S. Open Fashion Stir
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams ( news - web sites) created a fashion stir during her 6-2, 6-3 first-round win over fellow American Corina Morariu at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Stepping out onto the Arthur Ashe court in a short-legged, all-in-one, black leather-look, skin-tight outfit with pink wristbands and a diamond tiara, the younger Williams exposed her personality and whole lot more to the large opening day crowd.
While immediate reviews seemed split, the Williams family fashion critic and design student, Venus, gave her sibling the stamp of approval.
"She (Venus) really liked it," said Serena. "She said it was a great outfit. It is really fun and really exciting and very sexy...I mean she just basically described me."
Two years ago, it was Venus who made a fashion statement at the Australian Open with a plunging, halter-top design that also revealed more of the American's charms than maybe was intended.
Serena acknowledged that her outfit would not be to everyone's taste. "This is a cat suit, it's made of Lycra and it's supposed to have the illusion of looking a little bit like leather from a distance," said Serena. "It sticks to the body, it really sticks to what type of shape you have.
"If you don't have a decent shape this isn't the best outfit to have."
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Media Images of 'Hunks' Spur Body Anxieties in Men
CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Research has for years linked women's exposure to photos of skinny supermodels with feelings of inadequacy about their own bodies. Now, a new study suggests that men are driven to the same insecurities when faced with magazine portrayals of buff, muscled hunks.
"We always think about these sorts of things with women, but we see the exact same things with men," said study co-author Dr. Regan Gurung of the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He and co-researcher Jennifer Otto presented the findings here Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Magazine, television, and other media depictions of extremely fit, muscled men have increased in number over the past few decades. "There is data that, in the media and advertising literature, exposure of men in advertisements is coming very close to that of women," Gurung said. He said one watershed moment occurred when rap star-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg posed for designer Calvin Klein "in his little white briefs." From then on, images of buff, semi-nude men have become as ubiquitous in advertising as those of the curvaceous supermodel. Read more