buxombibliophile:

olympicsusa:

USA’s first female Olympian boxer, Marlen Esparza
Photos by Norman Jean Roy

I saw her on a Coke commercial and thought to myself, “That woman is fearless.”

My first thought was “of course they put her in a dress,” but then I stopped rolling my eyes and really came to appreciate the whole outfit because yeah, it’s a dress, but it’s a dress she can move in, and they’ve got her in boxing shoes, and the cut of the dress on the back looks similar to certain sport tops you see, and you know what? I’m a little disappointed in myself that my first response was to roll my eyes because yeah, it’s a dress, but so fucking what. She looks amazing, and it’s a high-end fashion suit, and they gave her a dress she can actually do her sport in and didn’t just slap a big poofy gown on her so we could be reminded “OMG GIRL.”