Laura Harris is coming to you from Paris. Today she gave us a special look at the USA gymnastics Star Spangled Shine leotard that is covered in 6,000 Swarovski crystals.
The women of Team USA gymnastics debuted their new leotards at qualifications on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.
The Star Spangled Shine leotard were designed by a Pennsylvania-based company called GK Elite Sportswear. They feature a mesh design on the upper body and sleeves made with small dots and six different Swarovski crystal colors, sublimation and hand-placed jewels to carve out negative space. Athletes requested the use of velvet fabric as an accent at the waistline, collar and strapping on the back.
The company said each leotard has 6,359 crystals for each leotard and if sold in stores would retail for around $3,000 according to GK Elite Sportswear.
Simone Biles led Team USA in the qualifiers to an automatic position in the team final on Tuesday. Plano’s Hezly Rivera will be there as well.
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