Beyond her work with established brands, Williams channels considerable energy into effecting change, and her fashion line, Serena, is the most recent, and tangible, example. While other marketers use female empowerment as an angle to enter the zeitgeist, Serena is premised on the concept.
“As women, we’re expected to do everything,” Williams explains at serenawilliams.com, where the price points are as inclusive as the sizes. “As an athlete, an entrepreneur, a daughter, a sister, a wife and now (wow!) a mother, I know it’s not always about perfection, but being prepared for whatever life throws in your direction.” She goes on to encourage women to support each other because “every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another.”
On the community front, she and sister Venus co-founded the Yetunde Price…
