For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. Embraced by celebrities and fashion icons like Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Natalie Portman, and Alexa Chung, ...

WHITEFISH BAY -- A lot goes into being a successful gymnast: speed, power, grace, body control and, in some cases, apparel. The WIAA held its 50th annual state gymnastics meet in early March, just ...

READING, PA (CBS) -- "Many years of hard work, perseverance, and dedication have led to this moment," said Jeanne Douglass on her Facebook page. The glorifying moment Douglass is referring to is when ...

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. It’s where ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Jordan Chiles stood at the end of the vault runway, the lights of Dickies Arena reflected off the 4,400 Swarovski crystals on her leotard, creating sparkles reminiscent of the ...

The world may have grown accustomed to seeing Olympic gymnasts wearing leotards as they compete for the highest honor in the sport, but these garments haven’t always been the first pick for women.

As the USA women’s gymnastics team dons the stripes and stars at the 2024 Summer Olympics, one Cornell alum is helping them sparkle. Jeanne Diaz ’10 designed the uniforms the gymnasts are competing in ...

One of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics leotards has been revealed, but the rest will remain a secret until Rio. Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them ...

It's easy to be distracted by the female Olympic gymnast uniform, covered as it is in sparkly crystals. Do men wear leotards in gymnastics, too? Absolutely they do, albeit less bejeweled ones. In fact ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — A local leotard maker is asking the community for prayers as Olympics gymnastic champion Mary Lou Retton continues to fight pneumonia. Retton, who won the Olympic all-around ...

Over the course of 80 years, gymnastics has changed a lot. The moves are more complicated and so are the leotards. Okay, particularly the leotards – especially when it comes to bedazzling. Last week, ...