Monday, January 17th 2011, 5:47 PM

Kolbe/GettyVenus Williams' short skirt earned her as much chatter as her easy first-round win at the Australian Open.

Venus Williams' rising hemlines has many tennis fashionistas asking, how short is too short?

The court star sported a mini-blue "dress" that left many observers wondering where the bottom part of the garment had gone.

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She wasn't totally letting it all hang out though – the tennis star did put black spandex shorts under the tank top/dress number.

While her fashion may have gotten the most attention, Williams, who is currently ranked fifth in the world, did finish off her opponent in two sets.

The short dress may have been eye-catching, but the Williams sisters have long been known for their crazy court fashions.

At the 2010 US Open, she worse a sequin-covered dress and flesh-colored shorts and in the French Open last year, she sported a lacy-red trimmed outfit that had many longtime tennis fans turning up their noses and tennis journalists asking more about lace than tennis.

"Lace has never been done before in tennis and I've been wanting to do it for a long time," she told reporters at the time.

Venus' little sister Serena Williams has also sported some crazy styles of her own on the court and also has a fashion line as well as a line of nail polishes.

"It's really stressful," the younger Williams told the Washington Post in 2009. "I think that's why I'm playing more. It's so much easier to play in the tournaments."