Corsets on the Courts

The supremely talented tennis player Venus Williams has made a bit of stir at the Paris open.  She's has been sporting a black lace corset inspired dress with red detailing.  In case this wasn't racey enough she teamed it with flesh tone shorts.  The outfit was designed by Venus and I am thinking this maybe taking the underwear as outerwear trend a step too far?

As much as I adore my lingerie I am a great believer in leaving something to the imagination.  There is also the point that tennis is a profession and as such shouldn't a certain standard of dress be expected?  Even if the lovely Serena sported this outfit to a nightclub I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't raise a few eyebrows.  

But the joy of clothing and fashion it it allows us to express ourselves and in th great scheme of things maybe this outfit shouldn't have filled as many coloumn inches as it has.