Naomi Osaka is taking in the holidays with Etsy as she gets ready for her annual White Elephant party.
The partnership was announced on November 19, where both the former world No. 1 and the e-commerce company shared an inside look at the curated collection for gift-giving season
“I think it’s fun to pair gifts with personalities,” Osaka writes on Etsy. “I wanted to create a gift guide full of items that bring something special to the season. And because they’re all from Etsy sellers, these feel so much more personal and meaningful than anything mass-produced.”
On Osaka’s radar this year are black clay handmade earrings, which she admits she’d steal for herself during White Elephant. She also showcases a self-care spa box, a 100 percent cotton bandana, a gold armband and a mini silk hair bow in the Instagram reel.
The full collection on Etsy includes a $50-and-under section, as well as “gorgeous gatherings” that include everything from serving plates to ribbons.
Osaka promises “a lot of presents” to daughter Shai, who is “always on the nice list, but a little naughty sometimes.”
The collection is now live on Etsy for holiday shoppers who are also wondering:
What started out as a shared dream of owning and designing a hotel quickly turned into a game-changing non-profit for tennis when Virginia Thornton and Kimberly Selden discovered their mutual passion for the sport.
“We selfishly started Black Girls Tennis Club wanting to bring ourselves together,” Thornton says in an exclusive interview with Baseline. “It went from hotel to tennis in 2.5 seconds.”
Founded in 2022 in Norfolk, Va., Black Girls Tennis Club offers tennis clinics to both women and girls, each of which also includes holistic wellness programs.
“Our mission is to liberate Black women and girls through play–we specifically didn’t put tennis in there because for us, it’s more than tennis,” Thornton says. “Tennis is really the pathway towards radical wellness, joy.”
Emphasizing community with C.A.R.E.–culture change, access, representation, exposure–Black Girls Tennis Club is making sure everyone feels welcome on the court, and wants to use that comfort to break down barriers.
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