June 30, 2024 Women’s gymnastics reigns as one of the most popular and commercially influential Olympic sports. The leotard helps lift star gymnasts into the mainstream. Gold medalists Biles and ...

READING, Pa. — From the outside, it’s not much to look at. A squat, boxy gray building on the outskirts of an industrial town. Behind the unassuming facade, though, is a house of sparkle.

When Simone Biles raises her arms to salute the Olympic judges in Paris this summer, she will be wearing nearly 10,000 hand-placed crystals weighing almost a pound. Gymnastics leotards are ...

The US Olympic women's gymnastics team wears leotards designed by sportswear company GK Elite. GK Elite lead designer Jeanne Diaz said the 2024 Olympic leotards took inspiration from Paris.

By Vanessa Friedman In 2016, shortly before Simone Biles took home five medals at the Rio Olympics while wearing leotards bestrewed with approximately 5,000 crystals, GK Elite, the company behind ...

Team USA is heading to Paris in full bling. The U.S. Olympic gymnastics team will be sporting bedazzled patriotic leotards that showcase 47,000 Swarovski crystals across eight different designs.