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" Olympic gold gymnast Nastia Liukin is swapping her leotards and balance beams for flirty dresses and clothing design studios. See what Nastia had to say about Supergirl, her gymnastics-inspired collection, below: Seventeen: You certainly took a leap, transitioning from Olympic medalist to fashion designer...how did the Supergirl collection come to be? Nastia Liukin: Well, I partnered with Warner Brothers and JCPenney...JCPenney&amp;#039;s headquarters are in Plano, TX, which is where I am living right now. Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting. 17: What kind of looks can we expect to see from this collection? NL: There&amp;#039;s some athletic stuff, some dancewear and some casual stuff, some sweat suits and some really cute dressy tops and knit pants. It&amp;#039;s all really comfortable but fashionable at the same time, and definitely very affordable. 17: How did you draw inspiration from your gymnastics gear? NL: I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like. With the dancewear it&amp;#039;s a little bit different than leotards because there are attached skirts and stuff that we don&amp;#039;t wear in gymnastics, but it was still really cool for me to be able to see my input and inspiration in the designs! 17: Do you have a favorite piece from the line? NL: Yeah, my favorite piece is the little black dress \u2014 it&amp;#039;s got a gold chain hanging from it so it looks like it&amp;#039;s a necklace. I wore it to one of the events I had for JCPenney! Nastia Liukin&amp;#039;s fashion collection, Supergirl is now available at JCPenney stores nationwide. Tell us which pieces you plan on buying for back-to-school in the comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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