Venus Williams' Wardrobe Malfunction Offers Milan Crowd Extra Show

Venus Williams outlasted her dress in a recent exhibition in Milan, Italy.

The tennis great was in the middle of play when her one of the two straps holding up her dress grew fatigued and gave way. Were it not for the quick reflexes of this finely tuned athlete, the Milan crowd would have seen much more than they bargained for.

As it is, they got to see an amused and slightly embarrassed Williams walking off the court with her hands doing the job that was vacated by her strap.

It is interesting to note that Venus, who has her own clothing line and designs her own outfits, should have this kind of mishap in the fashion minded Milan.

It is hard telling what kind of buzz this will give her clothing line. The progressive city may find that outfits with time-bomb straps are bold and cutting edge. A sense of risk that says "I am confident and carefree enough to wear an outfit that may expose my breast at any moment."

Then again, they may just think the outfits are awful. Like this person.

This was about more than fashion though. This was ultimately about tennis. At least this person thinks so.

He's not kidding. Apparently he feels she should just abstain from playing tennis.

Yeah, get out of here, Venus! You are ruining tennis with your crazy unconventional tennis outfits! Leave tennis alone so we can all go back to not talking about choking top seeds and no name grand slam event winners! 

Seriously? This is what you are going to complain about? The Williams sisters are the only thing that have kept women's tennis close to relevant for the past decade.

Sure, Venus' outfits may get a touch risque.

But at least they give people a reason to talk about women's tennis, and Venus has been a dominant enough player that she has earned a certain amount of leeway to be controversial while still holding onto her credibility.