
*Venus Williams has swapped her signature braids for a silk press.
She shared a photo of her sleek, straight black hair on social media, with the caption: “Ciao for now to my braids.” Check out the image above.
A silk press involves a specialized flat iron technique to smooth hair effectively, minimizing heat damage while enhancing its body, shine, and natural movement.
“A silk press makes natural hair very straight, shiny, silky, and soft,” hairstylist and colorist Chrissy Zemura tells Bazaar. “The treatment has been around for a very long time, but its name comes from a play on words: pressing the hair with a flat iron to make it silky smooth. It is temporary, and hair will eventually revert to its natural state.”

Meanwhile, Williams recently released her new book, “Strive: 8 Steps to Find Your Awesome,” in which “readers will learn how eight tiny but essential tenets can help turn smart choices into habits. And once that happens, you’ll forge a lifestyle you return to because you want to, not because you have to—and that’s when you start winning,” per Barnes & Nobles.
Speaking to NPR, the seven-time Grand Slam champion said: “This book is really kind of the story of my life. You know, a lot of people would write a biography, and I would write a book about health and wellness. And also, the story of my life as an athlete and kind of the lessons I’ve learned, but in the lens of wellness, too. And in this book, too, I don’t just share, like, all the positive things. I share the mistakes that I’ve made, too – like, what I learned from, not to do again. I call it, I did this. I made this mistake so you don’t have to (laughter).”
Williams also opens up in the book about her diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome. She explained to Tamron Hall how she felt “afraid” of how her health issues might affect her career.
“If you have no energy and you still have to play a match, it’s not easy,” she shared on the talk show during a 2024 appearance, MadameNoire reports. “You have no idea what’s going to happen when you walk on the court. And that’s hard…So I had to just focus on what I could accomplish instead of what I couldn’t. And a lot of days it was a daily thing of refocusing back on what I could accomplish, instead of focusing on all the things that I couldn’t do anymore.”
Williams told NPR, “There’s been so many people who tell me they’ve been diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome. And I think it’s just been helpful to give a name to it, too, ’cause there are a lot of people who do live with it.”
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