Gymnastics 2026-2027: kitting out your club with custom leotards

The 2026-2027 gymnastics season is under way: competitive training resumed in September and the fixture calendar is already out, with national individual championships in early February 2027 and the group events in spring. For a women's artistic (WAG), men's artistic (MAG), rhythmic or TeamGym club, now is the moment to sort out kit. Here's how to equip your gymnasts with custom leotards and team wear without any nasty surprises on lead times.

Why plan your kit from the autumn

A gymnastics season runs to a known rhythm, and it leaves little room for improvisation when it comes to dressing a squad. Competitive training is back, but the first big dates come round quickly:

• competitive groups back in training: September 2026;
• national individual championships: early February 2027;
• group and team championships: spring 2027.

Between the brief, the artwork, sign-off of a proof and production itself, you need to allow several weeks. Starting the project in the autumn gives you the margin to have leotards ready for the first winter competitions — and often to order everything in one go for the whole season, which keeps club logistics simple.

Leotards, crop tops, leggings: a gymnastics club's wardrobe

Needs vary with the discipline and the point in the season. In WAG competition you'll often see the long-sleeve leotard; in training, the sleeveless leotard, the crop top and fitted leggings. In MAG the leotard is worn with shorts or a stirrup. In rhythmic, matching group leotards are all about visual unity. The range covers all of it:

• the long-sleeve leotard, for competition and disciplines where the arm is covered;
• the sleeveless leotard and crop top, for training and warm-ups;
• fitted leggings, for conditioning and floor work;
• the tracksuit and club jacket, for travel, waiting between rotations and the podium.

The full range of custom dance and gymnastics wear comes in your colours and your club identity, from the training leotard to the travel kit.

Sublimation, a technique made for gymnastics

A leotard works hard: it stretches, rubs against bars and mats, and goes through the wash after every session. That's exactly where full dye-sublimation earns its place. The colours are built into the fibre rather than sitting on top: they don't flake, don't crack and move with the elastane as the fabric stretches. For a gymnastics club, that means:

• colours that stay crisp wash after wash, with nothing peeling off;
• gradients, effects and intricate patterns that heat-transfer lettering simply can't reproduce;
• the club crest and sponsors in unlimited number, with no surcharge per colour or per placement;
• genuine visual consistency for rhythmic groups and TeamGym teams, where every leotard must match.

From a single piece: the lone gymnast or the whole group

There's no minimum order: a gymnast competing as an individual can order just her competition leotard, and a rhythmic group or TeamGym team can kit out everyone at once in the same design. Pricing is tiered — the larger the run, the lower the unit price — which makes a grouped club order especially worthwhile. Manufacturing is European (workshop in Bulgaria, EU), and nothing goes into production without an approved proof, so you see the exact leotard before it's made.

Sizing and lead times: the two things not to get wrong

Kit comes in children's sizes (ages 4-14) and adult sizes (XS to 3XL), covering baby-gym and recreational sections as much as competitive gymnasts. The trickiest part is measuring a whole group, especially the youngest who grow fast: a solid method beats reorders after the fact. Our guide to taking a team's measurements heads off the most common mistakes.

On timing, allow for production after proof sign-off, then delivery (6 working days across Europe, tracked). To check the current lead times and make sure you're ready for the February championships, the best move is to start in the autumn: it's the ideal window to settle design, sizes and order without rushing.