Serena Williams becomes the first athlete to receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Icon Award
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Tennis star Serena Williams has been named a Fashion Icon by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. The organization honored Williams at a ceremony in New York. Williams is the first athlete to win this award. Previous recipients include artists such as Beyoncé, Zendaya and Rihanna. Williams has been a student of fashion and attended fashion school during her Grand Slam career – and in 2018, launched her S by Serena clothing line. In 2019, Williams, 42, told the magazine that her clothes "represent women everywhere – indomitable mothers, daughters and sisters; resilient business women and entrepreneurs; outsiders and underdogs; little girls with crazy dreams and people of color. of tenacious women". He retires at the US Open in New York in 2022 after an illustrious career of 27 years. She warned that "I am not retired", and "the possibility (of a return) is very high".
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