2024 Paris Fashion and Olympic Leotard discussion

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Olympic leos are being revealed!

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Japan’s reminds me of a red circus ringmaster jacket, Bailey Key 2015 black circus leotard & the Spanish matador leo from Sydney 2000 all together. Not a fan of the cream colour above the chest and on the arms too. Blue leotard look okay
 
I kind of can condone the japanses blue ones, the other one is ugly.
The german leo is unusual, interesting, I reserve judgement until I see them in action. Are they leo’s or suits?
 
Can't wait for the pendulum to eventually swing back toward minimalism with leotards. I find the ubiquitousness of these super-busy designs to be baffling -- it often looks like the gymnast is carrying around an odd easel or canvas on their torso rather than a garment that highlights their physical form. (not that any of the above leotards are among the worst offenders.)
 
I don’t think it’s going to swing back. What you wear is now a “thing” and not just in the US. Melanie’s leotard was designed by Dior (she’s a brand ambassador)
 
I mean sure I'm all for gymnasts getting their coins with commercial partnerships and even luxury ones like that are cool to see. And I can even forgive 10,000 swarovski crystals, like sure, have some glitter all over. It's more the completely discrete design elements that are forced together as if the designers had a bunch of extra patterns they needed to get rid of.

But going through Melanie's recent meets (dang she's competed a lot this year!) -- she actually seems to have better than average taste in leotards, or maybe better than average sponsorships.

But even with this one -- which I think is quite good looking -- I think the 'overdesign' still happens with the back cut-out. Likewise when there are random sheer fabrics mixed in . It just seems clear to me that breaking up the design flow with more shapes is just not a great idea... but it seems requisite on 90% of leos now , so what do I know. ¯\(ツ)

 
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How and why does Ralph Lauren have a stranglehold on Team USA outfitting? Damn, we do have other fashion designers here...
They have the contract to design the leisure wear, ie not the athletic wear, which I think is Nike. They’ve had it since at least 2012
 

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