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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay boys and girls. What say you about the design of the US Winter Olympic uniforms?
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They look like Star Trek thrift shop.
Can't they find anybody who can design decent sport's outfits?
trumad
(41,692 posts)adirondacker
(2,921 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Thermal Blanket meets Modern Dance?
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Star Trek Hallloween costumes.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)And I like them a lot. They're a thousand times better than the Team USA uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies. Those are again being designed by Ralph Lauren, and again they look like some WASPy country club retro blecchhh. (At least they're made in the US this time). Those uniforms, unveiled today are here:
EDITED for finding out which uniforms these were!
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)There has to be a happy medium between ultra-wasp and ultra-tech.
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Probably why I like them.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)Retrograde
(10,151 posts)Oh, wait - that's the corporate logo, more noticeable than any reference to the US, again.
Aside from that, they're not bad. Every Olympics Mr. Retro and I watch the opening ceremonies and award prizes in several categories, including uniform that most resembles an explosion in a paint factory, silliest costume, best headgear (the African countries have a lock on this in the summer games), best use of orange (always the Netherlands) and the coveted Worst and Best National Team Uniforms award.
The overall Best in All Shows Award is still held by the Albertville Olympic Committee for its Human Snowglobes.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Seems like those jackets could have been a teeny bit longer so it would not be necessary to clasp hands in front.
librechik
(30,676 posts)where the team hangs out. Even borin business tycoons wear them.
Not fond of the Nike logo, but whatever.
Neon yellow accents, also very popular on the slopes.
And BTW, if you travel virtually naked at 100 miles an hour in the cold at altitude, sorry, your tech clothes are going to look Trek. it's the nature of the science.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)IMO these are tacky tech.
The separate elements aren't bad. It's they way they are combined that I don't like.
Baby silver Michelin people.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)intergalactic vessel.
Otherwise, I don't really care what Olympic athletes wear on the podium. Congratulations to them for earning a medal!
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)They are NOT finishing in first place............................
erpowers
(9,350 posts)Those uniforms look horrible. They look so plain. I would have liked something with a little more color and something a little more fun looking.
I would really like for an American company to design the clothing for the U.S. Olympic team. However, it seems like it may be time to let the Canadian design company Roots design the outfits once again. When they were doing the designs the outfits look hip, fun, and sporty.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)All they need is a plexiglass helmet with antennas on the sides.
Kind of cool but then I'm into retro.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Vox Moi
(546 posts)Introduces:
Robbie the Robot, who went on to a a successful film and TV career.
The deceleration
machines
were stolen by Star Trek as transporters
Earthlings in flying saucers as in Lost in Space.
This film explored the danger of unfettered reliance on technology in the face of human - and alien - frailty.
It was truly a Sci Fi masterpiece.
By the way
I like the uniforms.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Everyone into the decontamination chambers, please.
mnhtnbb
(31,401 posts)Vox Moi
(546 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)The baggy pants are easier to stay warm in. There's no need for gender-specific uniforms.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)though, i agree the tighter look better. but athleticism is not about the looks. we gotta get beyond that stupid.
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seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)I gotta tell ya, from the male point of view...I'd hate those tight ones. Oh boy, would I be uncomfortable wearing that. I'd feel like people were staring at me. And at 6'4", 225 & covered in tattoos.. I got enough of that. So yea..they should get some athlete input on what they'd be comfortable with. IMO.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)they have the tight. he is perfectly comfortable in it, it appears. but then, he is used to wearing very little. teeny short... and that is it, running thru town.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What the heck? I don't know, I love the science fiction aspect but they should have done more to show our flag colors.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)THIS is the result!
xulamaude
(847 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Historic NY
(37,452 posts)they fold up in to a pouch.
Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)The bottoms seem to be in line with today's fashion. I wear those types of bottoms at the gym. And every woman I see seems to be wearing those, regardless of where their going. I heard a joke the other day of tv. "Why do all these women I see now look like they are coming or going from yoga class?" It made me laugh cause my wife is forever wearing them she loves em. All the athletes need now are those Ugg boots, lol.
ananda
(28,874 posts)Cute
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)à la Grateful Dead Lithuania; solidarity with the rainbow community
frylock
(34,825 posts)RobinA
(9,894 posts)Hate'em, but I'm probably a fogey. I don't like these channel down coats, but when I was in NYC this past weekend 75% of people were wearing them, so I'm not exactly mainstream on this. Don't like booties, either. Can't imagine parading around in the winter in a coat that doesn't cover my butt. Women do wear those yoga pants everywhere, so that's just the fashion. These uniforms seem like something young people would like, and that's who they are for.
Basically I'm from the '70's. Jeans and a wool coat. I have never liked athletic-wear. Didn't then, don't now. I do like those German uniforms though. Different and colorful. And the coats look warm.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)Olympic uniforms are always wacky, I'm okay with that.
sarisataka
(18,755 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Since to the media's eyes this meeting in Sochi is the Figure Skating World Championships (count the number of minutes they spend showing figure skaters lacing up skates, being handed roses, applying lipstick etc. and compare it to the number of seconds of biathlon that accidentally makes it on the air) why not just dress everyone in figure skating costumes?
csziggy
(34,137 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Especially the fake laces and puffy stars:
Nike has apparently designed the sweaters for all the teams, and they all get the fake laces. Team Canada's sweaters have puffy maple leafs, rather than stars. They all look like soccer jerseys, rather than hockey sweaters. Yuk. Not too late to get rid of the puffy stars, and give it real laces...
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)beliefs.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)...I want to hate them.
But for some inexplicable reason, they appeal to me. They look astronauty.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Russia wants to exclude LGBT community
and America apparently strikes back by bringing thighs to the ceremonies.