Once technology allowed, in 2000, GK began incorporating the gems into Team USA’s leotards. “And from there, for the past 24 years we have exploded our crystal usage.” ROBERT J POLETT ...

GK Elite Sportswear created unique leotard designs to help Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera sparkle at the Olympics. Inside the design of U.S. Olympic gymnastics ...

GK Elite Surveyed Athletes for Their Input on Team USA’s Leotards According to Fashionista , the design team behind Team USA’s leotards began rolling around ideas for the 2024 Olympics style ...

Team USA's gymnastics team — Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera — will wear the crystal-covered leotards made by GK Elite when they compete in the 2024 ...

The $5,000 GK Elite look boasted 6,359 Swarovski crystals and velvet details, something the Swarovski brand was proud to announce on July 26, 2024. “Each leotard is adorned with thousands of ...

Parisian corsetry, art nouveau, and vintage sport come together in GK's tribute to the City of Light. Jeanne Diaz, design director at GK, gives the details.

GK Elite lead designer Jeanne Diaz offers an exclusive look at the meticulous process, which she says has a “real couture element” to it. Designing an Olympics leotard is similar to the ...

GK Elite and USA Gymnastics today revealed the leotards and apparel that gymnasts will wear on-mat at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. This marks the first time ...

The process of getting the leotards from a Pennsylvania factory to Paris began two years ago. GK design director Jeanne Diaz and her team — who also designed the U.S. looks for Tokyo in 2021 ...

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 the leos, announced ...

Finally, the leotards were sewn at GK Elite's in-house manufacturing floor in Reading, Pennsylvania. With custom fabrics and thousands of crystals, each leotard is valued at around $5,000, Diaz said.