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AI garment reconstruction: Serena Williams, Australian Open 2021. Serena Williams’s asymmetric black, pink and red one-legged Nike unitard at the 2021 Australian Open

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Serena Williams · 2021

The Flo-Jo one-legger

One full-length leg, one short leg and a direct salute to track icon Florence Griffith Joyner.

The story behind the look

Williams began her 2021 Australian Open in an asymmetric black, hot-pink and red Nike unitard. One leg reached the ankle and the other stopped at the thigh, reviving the “one-legger” silhouette associated with sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner.

Williams had admired Flo-Jo growing up, and Nike built the tribute into a modern competition garment. She later counted it among her favourite on-court looks—a cross-sport fashion reference rendered instantly legible through shape alone.