2023 World Championship Leotards Review

[Laura722]

U.S. women’s leo for prelims:

 

[arabiandoublefront]

That’s really pretty. It looks like they’re experimenting with shades they haven’t before.

 

[Passion]

I hate the deep V cut out in the center that GK has been obsessed with lately.

 

[rlayt]

Beautiful color.

 

[RedBirdie]

Ewwwwww. Deep V and belted. And not loving the color

 

[irichluck21]

Reminds me of when they went with the teal/aqua at the 2007 Worlds podium. We never saw that leo again.

 

[Laura722]

I hate deep V’s as well.

 

[Passion]

The US leos look better from far away (on the stream) because the V gets washed out and you can’t see it.

 

[Big_rock_show]

I loooooove the powder blue color!

 

[cftmoonlight79]

The leo was cute. I would have loved it without the deep v and extra back strapping.

 

[rlayt]

It looks much better than that photo. The v hardly shows.

 

[Kara]

USA Prelims Leo, Personally would have preferred a royal or navy blue.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

it looked fantastic against the arena’s electronic banners or whatever those are called

 

[Sasha]

I like it. I think I would have liked it a lot less if there were more contrast between the primary colour and the deep V-cut. But given that the cut was nearly invisible, I liked it!

 

[RedBirdie]

Reminds me of when they went with the teal/aqua at the 2007 Worlds podium. We never saw that leo again.

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That leo is actually a beautiful icy blue. I think GK (which made the Adidas leos) called it Columbia blue. I had my gymnasts wear the same color, paired with a navy body. Stunning combo.

 

[rlayt]

It was beautiful.

 

[brg09]

Light blue leotards seem to be having a moment. It’s like ombre was for a couple years (though it’s still around just not nearly as much as it once was).

Also I never thought I’d say this but that USA leo is perfection with the rhinestones. Very limited use compared to the rhinestone vomit that we see at domestic US meets.

But I REALLLLLLLY wish that the USA Floppy Bun would go away. Simone can make it look decent because her hair is shorter but it just looks sloppy on someone with longer hair, like Kayla. ASac did it and it never really went away.

 

[Kara]

TPE

Egypt

Algeria

Australia

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Brazil

Chile

Croatia

Great Britain

 

[Kara]

Indonesia

Italy

Luxemburg

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

 

[cftmoonlight79]

Romanias was cute, as was Finnegans.