Olympic Gymnastics: Simone Biles & Team USA's Paris leotard sneak peek
The design team behind the Olympic leotards synthesized Parisian fashion and American iconography to create gold medal-worthy gear.
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 expected to reflect grit and grace, withstand triple-twisting double flips and stand up to the bright spotlight of the Olympic Games.
Much like the intensive training process leading up to the Games, creating show-stopping Olympic leotards is a rigorous and all-consuming undertaking.
Jeanne Diaz, the design director at GK Elite, the official leotard manufacturer for the U.S. Olympic team, began working on the Paris Olympics leotards more than two years ago.
It all started with collecting feedback from the gymnasts in contention.
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