A tight-fitting one-piece garment covering the torso, worn by dancers, gymnasts, and acrobats.
Named after Jules Léotard, a 19th-century French acrobat who invented this garment for his trapeze performances. Léotard wanted freedom of movement for his aerial stunts, so he created this revolutionary stretchy outfit. He became famous for his daring trapeze acts and inspired the song 'The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze'!
Every gymnast and dancer wears an outfit named after a French circus performer who literally flew through the air with the greatest of ease. Jules Léotard invented this stretchy garment so he could do backflips on the trapeze without his clothes getting in the way — and became so famous there's still a song about him!
Named after Jules Léotard (male aerialist, 19th century), yet associated almost exclusively with women's bodies in modern usage. Language erases the male originator; garment becomes gendered feminine.
Leotard is a garment. Use descriptively without gendering. If discussing dance/athletics, note that all genders wear them.
["bodysuit","one-piece"]
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