Simone Biles’ Newest Athleta Collab Is Up to 40% Off During the Brand’s Black Friday Sale

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You can catch eleven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles nailing her signature triple-double on the floor in all kinds of sparkling leotards but one color she returns to again and again is purple. So naturally, when the GOAT of gymnastics launched her fifth collection with clothing company Athleta, she took that iconic hue and wove it through an elevated lineup of leggings, crop tops, and sports bras all of which you can now score online. Freshly released, the new Simone Biles x Athleta collab infuses her personal style into the brand’s performance apparel, offering eighteen pieces for women and girls. And while the collection usually goes for full price, it’s currently up to 40% off for Athleta’s Black Friday Sale. Rolling Stone sat down with Biles to talk about the collection, whether she’ll compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics, and her ongoing work in mental health advocacy and the foster care community. Read the full interview below, and grab the collab while it’s still marked down for the biggest shopping holiday of the year. It might just make you feel like a 25-time World Champion. What made you partner with Athleta? This is my fifth collection with Athleta, and it’s definitely the boldest yet. I really wanted it to feel unique and fashion-forward, and I feel like over the past couple of years, I’ve developed my own sense of style. This collection really reflects that. Do you have a favorite piece in this new collection? We have a fun accessory, the sateen bucket bag, and I feel like it’s a great collaboration. My signature color is purple, so that’s why we implemented that color throughout as well. How do you decide which brands you want to partner with? For this one specifically, they believed in Simone not just Simone Biles. When you see Simone Biles in the media, it’s really easy to jump on board and follow that trend, but they truly believed in me as a person. So it was a very easy partnership. I’ve been a long-time fan of Athleta since I was twelve years old, and it’s a brand by women, so I thought it was a perfect fit. We support each other in the best, most positive way. Was there anything about the brand that surprised you? I thought the inclusivity factor was amazing. They go from XXS all the way to XL, and they also have tall and petite sizing. For me, as a gymnast, not everyone fits the exact mold, so you have to break those barriers. I wanted my audience to feel included. How would you describe your personal style? It has fallen into more of an athleisure category, because I’m not in the gym as consistently as when I was training for the Olympics. Right now, my hobbies include horseback riding, and I still get to wear leggings and tight tops. Whenever someone asks what I’m wearing, I’ll always tell people about it, but that’s just like a girl’s girl thing. Speaking of being in the gym, what’s your number-one hype song before you compete? It was always something by Beyoncé or Cardi B, or Megan Thee Stallion. What do you think of Cardi B’s new album, Am I the Drama? Oh, I love it. Every time I get in the car, that’s the first thing I put on. It gets me going. I feel like a badass. I know you haven’t committed to the 2028 Summer Olympics yet in Los Angeles, but is there any update? It’s only been a year since the last Olympics, so I need to give my body and my mind the break that they need and deserve. Will you show up to the Winter Olympics this year? I’m trying to go to the Winter Games, so we’ll see how I make it work. I want to see some skiing, and I want to go to the ice skating. The Olympics that’s my thing. It’s so fun to watch and to show up when I’ve never been able to do that before. I’m so excited, and I have to get my outfits ready. You’ve become a role model for millions. How do you balance that responsibility while staying true to yourself? For me, it’s easy. If you had asked when I was 16, it would’ve been tougher I was more nervous. But now I try to stay true to my authentic self, and that’s what people can relate to: being open, vulnerable, and honest about the things we go through. At the end of the day, most people can’t relate to going to the Olympics or winning medals. So on my channels, I try to be myself. It’s a huge honor to be a role model to so many young women, girls, and boys across the globe. Ideally, what would you want the future of women’s sports to look like? Oh my God, if you’re watching women’s sports right now, we’re already up on the horizon. We’re doing so many amazing things. I think the main thing for women’s sports is the conversation around it. If we keep talking about it, they’ll continue to get the respect they deserve, which is super exciting. I feel like women’s sports have been better these last couple of years than they’ve ever been before. It’s so exciting to watch, to support, to show up and hopefully to be part of that movement, helping them get the recognition and the pay they deserve. So I’m in support of all of it. It’s amazing. The way you were treated after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the public scrutiny you faced did that change your opinion on how women are treated in media and sports? I definitely knew what the landscape was like, but now it feels like it’s on a different level. It feels heavier. You can’t control how people portray you. I’m always going to stay true to myself, to what I do, what I love, what I support, and what I speak out about. Sometimes that comes with scrutiny. In therapy, I just remind myself that I have to look after myself, and that’s what matters most at the end of the day. If you weren’t a gymnast, what do you think you would do? I definitely would be a children’s pediatric nurse or a NICU nurse. That would have been my dream.
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