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MultihyphenateSerena Williamsjust added another hyphen.
Williams is known as the G.O.A.T., a record-shattering athlete, entrepreneur, philanthropist, designer — and now, a fashion icon, thanks to the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
The tennis star received the2023 CFDA Fashion Awardsfashion icon honor Nov. 6, making her the first athlete to win the award.
And she hit the red carpet in a look worthy of her icon status.
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The champion even drove to the CFDA Awards in style, traveling in a Lincoln Navigator SUV that was custom-wrapped to match her ensemble.
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Previous award recipients includeZendaya,Naomi Campbell,BeyoncéandRihanna.
“Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve used fashion as an outlet to express myself — fashion gave me the confidence to step on the court and own who I was, and where I knew I was going,” Williams told theCFDAprior to the award show.
In between collecting a record 23 Grand Slam singles titles throughout her career, Williams took on fashion school, a clothing line and the scrutiny of those who weren’t welcoming of her on-court style.
CFDA chairman Thom Browne called her “the ultimate example of individuality in everything she does.”
Serena Williams at the 2004 US Open.Al Bello/Getty

Williams has deliverediconic looksthroughout her27-year professional career, from proving the denim miniskirt is match-ready at the 2004 US Open to donning a white blazer at Wimbledon a decade later. She cemented herself as a force of fashion in 2018, when her French Opencatsuitwasbanned. French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli deemed the look unacceptable, saying that “one must respect the game and the place.”
Serena Williams warming up at Wimbledon in 2014.ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty

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Williams toldEssencein 2019 that her clothes “represent women everywhere—indomitable mothers, daughters and sisters; resilient businesswomen and entrepreneurs; outsiders and underdogs; little girls with crazy dreams and unflinching women of color.”
source: people.com