We don’t know if it started with Sir Mix-A lot’s obsession with Oakland booties, JLo’s most infamous asset, Venus Williams’ pension for showcasing her backside with itty bitty lingerie-like tennis gear or Beyonce’s gloriously fierce curves, but somehow it is now officially trendy to have a big butt. So trendy, in fact, that New York Daily News dedicated an entire feature to the phenomenon. Regardless of the cause for the trend (It’s probably a combination of all these reasons), a slew of new products have hit the market to help women with flatter rears fill out as a result.
If you’re following the startups of this year’s French Open tennis tournament, you’ll see some very different fashion trends on the Roland Garros red clay. Venus Williams’ French Open outfit was certainly the most provocative, but there are other trends in play during the grand slam as well.

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