Venus Williams Designs New Hat for McDonalds Staff

Venus Williams is giving a new meaning to the term "overhead."

The defending Olympic singles tennis champion and budding fashion designer served up a new hat she created for McDonald's employees to wear while serving food during the Athens Games.

The oversized, red-twill newsboy cap features abstract designs in black representing various Olympic sports. Each one bears Williams' signature on the inside label.

"I guess it's my first big step, huh? I'm making a name for myself!" she told The Associated Press on Friday. "My first designs were more like a baseball cap, more like what you see in the McDonald's stores. But then they came back to me and said no, we want you to do something more creative."

Creativity has been the trademark for Williams and her sister Serena when it comes to their tennis attire. They are nothing short of fashion icons with their sexy, skin-baring styles and meticulously coordinated accessories.

Serena was to have appeared in Athens alongside Venus but pulled out of the Olympics this week with a knee injury and stayed in the United States.

While 22-year-old Serena already has launched her own clothing line _ called Aneres, which is Serena spelled backward _ Venus, 24, is studying fashion design at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Florida.