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.

In this era of yoga pants, it’s easy to forget the leotard—early active-wear that required the confidence of a naked emperor. Named after Jules Léotard, a 19th-century French acrobat (and a man), the ...

IT was the fashion climax to the whole sweat-slicked, muscle-thumping show -- Madonna on all fours, crawling cheetah-like down the stage in lustrous Lycra, with those thundering thighs and that winged ...

Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera will suit up in the leotards made by GK Elite in Paris Hedy Phillips is the Senior News Editor, Style at PEOPLE. She has been ...

See her latest cover shoot. Kendall Jenner appears on the latest cover of Vogue France. Her head-to-toe red look consists of a leotard, tights, and heels. Jenner also sports bleached eyebrows. Kendall ...

It's a garment instantly recognizable to millions of baby boomers – the horizontally striped red-and-black leotard Jane Fonda wore on the cover of her first exercise video, “Jane Fonda’s Workout,” ...

Joscelyn Roberson recently revealed her favorite leotard amid her appearance in the NCAA circuit for the Arkansas Razorbacks. The teenager made her debut for the team in a quad meet. Roberson took ...

The implementation of Title IX throughout the '70s increased opportunities for female student-athletes and sports, including women’s gymnastics. Expanded program budgets meant pragmatism and ...