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Golden Girl Aly raisman America met its sweetheart dressed in a leotard at the 2012 Olympics, but off the mat, Aly Raisman turns heads wearing Chanel, Gucci, and Valentino. The Needham native has also created a signature leotard collection. The gold medalist (who won the United States' first gold in f loor exercise ever) and Dancing with the Stars finalist credits her uncle and her late grandmother (aka "Bubbie") with bringing her luck ("I always carr y something from Bubbie when I compete"), but her Union Jack pillows and clutches, Chanel booties, and Rag & Bone jeans are 100 percent Raisman winners. She might pack all of t hem for t he next Oly mpics, in R io de Ja neiro in 2016; she's currently training to qualify for the team. Raisman's pRizes: Vince shock-neon pumps, an Alexander McQueen Union Jack clutch, and the first balance beam her parents bought her. Good luck secRets: "I collect stars and stripes from my uncle. He gives them to me for good luck…. I have perfume bottles passed down from Bubbie." 116 bostoncommon-magazine.com A Sandro melon-colored blazer and Vince citron pumps illustrate Raisman's love of color, but she also adores jewelry: She religiously wears her white-gold Olympic ring, as well as earrings designed by a Newton Highlands jeweler, who made a pair for each of the "Fierce Five" team members after they won. "I am definitely a shoe girl." Her stilettos, sneakers, and ankle boots—displayed as art pieces in her childhood bedroom—prove her point. Raisman collects stars and stripes—along with Olympic medals. "I always carry something from Bubbie when I compete…. It brings me good luck." hair by Louise rusk/Mizu boston; Makeup by tavi de La rosa