 Griffith-Joyner appeared at the World Championships in 1987 in Rome wearing a hooded speed skating body suit.In April 1988, she started wearing a running suit with the right leg of the suit extending to the ankle and the left leg of the suit cut off, a style she called the "one-legger".The running suits also had bold colors such as lime green or purple with white bikini bottoms and embellished with lightning bolts.