Olympic Opening Ceremony Uniform USA

[Wendy31]

I like ours, but I tend to like preppy looks.

 

[NotUrsula]

Just FYI but the "sport of kings" is horse racing, not polo.

You're absolutely right that horse racing most commonly gets that designation, but polo gets that nickname sometimes as well (probably because it also involves horses and has even more of a reputation of being something only someone with a lot of money can do. In any case, that connection with money and privilege is certainly what Lauren's company intends to imply.)

 

[jdb in AZ]

Way back when, the USOC choose Roots because they saw what Canada was wearing and wanted in on the action. It was really strange too since the Canadian Olympic Committee switched, but the US still wore them.

This was 2002:

My friend in Eastern Canada sent me a roots jacket that year. It was really comfortable.

 

[RedAngie]

Designers are certainly competing hard for their Olympic medals.

 

[fly girl]

Had to check out the USA closing ceremony uniform too. First thought ... they look like astronauts. IDK, but I did.



Then I saw a second image and that one didn't look so stuffy.


I like the opening ceremony better. I saw that Today Show aired the look. Sheinelle and Dylan look cute!

 

[soccerdad72]

Had to check out the USA closing ceremony uniform too. First thought ... they look like astronauts. IDK, but I did.

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Then I saw a second image and that one didn't look so stuffy.
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Looks like Below Deck: Olympics Edition

 

[Moliphino]

Can we stop having Ralph Lauren design these things? They're so boring every time.

 

[GreatLakes]

I don't mind the opening ceremony outfit but the closing are terrible unless they are having that ceremony at sea. Canada's look bad and way too casual.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

first thought ... they look like astronauts. IDK, but I did.

Nope I'm right there with ya. I think it was the way the jackets laid plus the background being the sky (even though astronauts would be in space..still though) and them looking up at the sky.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

We mocked the sweat suits of Los Angeles. We bristled at the cowboy outfits of Sarajevo where the woman marched in front with a sign that said "SAD." I guess that was USA in Serbo-croatian. But that ironic twist of fate was all too apropos given the outfit. But with the benefit of hindsight of the last few years, and Canada's this year, suddenly, those don't look so hideous any more.

Designers are certainly competing hard for their Olympic medals.

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We've chosen you to give the designers of Ralph Lauren their medal. And oh what a coincidence, here is the lead designer on the project now.

 

[ronandannette]

Both the US and Canada uniforms are stupid looking, but in an opposite-ends-of-the-spectrum kind of way, kwim?

Clipped from the article I posted the link to upthread:

 

[J'aime Paris]

I think they should have used this one, lol!

 

[NotUrsula]

My DD's comment when she saw them last night: "Thank God I'm in a winter sport!"

She has a point. The winter clothing tends to be a little less out there in terms of styling because it has to be warm outdoors in a cold climate. The only place they usually get weird is hats. (Speaking of which, time to drop the odd hat inclusion. If you want to give them something for sun, then fine, but summer hats just to have hats seems like a waste now that so few people wear them IRL.)

I suspect that the athletes themselves probably like the closing ceremony windbreaker jackets better; at least they probably will get some further use out of them.

 

[MrsPete]

Looks like we're setting the bar low this year. I don't get the athlete-preppy connection.
Canada's 2002 pictures (shown upthread) is kinda what I expect /consider appropriate for the athletes.
FlyGirl, "astronauts" was the first thing that came to my mind too.

 

[BrianL]

We mocked the sweat suits of Los Angeles. We bristled at the cowboy outfits of Sarajevo where the woman marched in front with a sign that said "SAD." I guess that was USA in Serbo-croatian. But that ironic twist of fate was all too apropos given the outfit. But with the benefit of hindsight of the last few years, and Canada's this year, suddenly, those don't look so hideous any more.



We've chosen you to give the designers of Ralph Lauren their medal. And oh what a coincidence, here is the lead designer on the project now.
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^He'd have done a better job!

 

[LuvOrlando]

Were they intentionally going for the look of Ted Knight in Caddy Shack because if so, well done!

 

[tcufrog]

The Polo outfits need to return to the 80s. They look really dated. Who do y'all think should choose to design them? I know they'd never do it because of $$ but I'd love to see a design competition.

 

[bcla]

We mocked the sweat suits of Los Angeles. We bristled at the cowboy outfits of Sarajevo where the woman marched in front with a sign that said "SAD." I guess that was USA in Serbo-croatian. But that ironic twist of fate was all too apropos given the outfit. But with the benefit of hindsight of the last few years, and Canada's this year, suddenly, those don't look so hideous any more.

There was that funky Reebok windbreaker in 1992 that all athletes medaling were expected to wear on the medal stand. Except a few sponsored athletes (including Michael Jordan) said they wouldn't wear it because it had the logo of a rival. I think Nike went into damage control saying that they had no problem with them wearing it normally, but in the end they specifically folded over a flap and pulled down their jacket so the Reebok logo wasn't visible.

 

[Mysterian]

Here's ours. At first I though it was some sort of joke-meme but nope... 20 months of lock-down and nobody had time to come up with anything better? At a glance I though the first model was wearing a Batman t-shirt.
Canada Has Already Lost the Olympics With This Jacket (highsnobiety.com)

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"Ok, here's Option A: Our canvas is one half of a Canadian tuxedo, painted by woke, trust fund kids who are still rioting about the 2010 G20 conference.... that was when someone broke some store windows near the Eaton Centre. Option B: Just some Mountie jackets with Tim Horton's logos on the back."

 

[ronandannette]

"Ok, here's Option A: Our canvas is one half of a Canadian tuxedo, painted by woke, trust fund kids who are still rioting about the 2010 G20 conference.... that was when someone broke some store windows near the Eaton Centre. Option B: Just some Mountie jackets with Tim Horton's logos on the back."

With every athlete afflicted with the same bikini bottoms the women volleyball players have to wear.