To design the bold gymnastics leotards Team USA will wear at the Paris Olympics this summer, GK looked to centuries of French design. Each of the nine custom pieces, released today, is inspired by ...

Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles show off some of the U.S. team’s leotards for the Paris Olympics. (Photo Illustration by GK Elite Sportswear) While trying to recapture team gold in ...

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 ...

GK Elite’s laser jewel supervisor, hand-places each and every gem on heat transfer paper (that ultimately gets applied to the garment). “Working on the leotards that will be worn by the USA ...

“There’s a real couture element to this,” says GK Elite lead designer Jeanne Diaz, who worked on the leotards for this year’s Paris Games. “But ultimately it is a performance garment.

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 ...

Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera will suit up in the leotards made by GK Elite in Paris GK Elite Sportswear Team USA is all about that bling. When the U.S ...

Biles wore the patriotic GK Elite leotard for the floor exercise event ... Related: Simone Biles Shares Cute Photo of Sleepy Jade Carey in Her Olympic PJs with Gold Medal: 'IT'S REAL' For the ...

Advertisement Step inside the headquarters of GK Elite, about 90 minutes northwest of Philadelphia, and you’re greeted by mannequins wearing iconic leotards, like the navy blue one with ...

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 ...

To design the bold gymnastics leotards Team USA will wear at the Paris Olympics this summer, GK looked to centuries of French design. Each of the nine custom pieces, released today, is inspired by ...

The back also featured a corset detail and more lace. Biles wore the patriotic GK Elite leotard for the floor exercise event, where she took home the silver medal — her 11th career Olympic medal ...