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Related: About this forumSpanish Olympians mock their own uniforms..
On the left is Saul Craviotto, a gold medal-winning canoeist, who tweeted this image of him in Spain's Olympic garb and offering a "no comment" about their look: "I leave it up to you."
Retired tennis player Carlos Moya said, via Twitter: "Looking forward to seeing [tennis player] Feliciano López wearing the official Olympic uniform. He'll never have worn anything so ugly in his life."
Field hockey player Alex Fabregas tweeted the photo in the right, with a request to his fans: "Spare the adjectives ..."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/spain-garish-london-olympics-uniforms-mocked-spanish-olympians-161035657--oly.html
Renew Deal
(81,866 posts)The shirt on the left must be a repurposed table cloth.
Upton
(9,709 posts)so it wouldn't take much for the US to be seen as superior in that category. Actually, they're not too bad..don't think much of the berets though..
Auggie
(31,174 posts)Sums up this country perfectly.
it does...doesn't it?
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Oh! That's Ralph Lauren's logo. Bigger than our emblem.
Upton
(9,709 posts)I understand the Chinese workers who put together that uniform for Ralph Lauren and the US, are paid as much as the princely sum of $1 an hour.. Plus, they're lucky enough to be able to work 30 days a month to make up for their inadequate pay..
Sounds great...
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)"You want fries with that?"
rocktivity
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Upton
(9,709 posts)by some firm named Bosco. In fact they came out with a statement:
"We've studied Spanish folklore in detail and we are confident that both athletes and citizens will agree that this is a nice design, authentic and round and, above all, very Spanish."
hughee99
(16,113 posts)now they have to insult their culture too?
Auggie
(31,174 posts)Spanish phrase of the day
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Upton
(9,709 posts)same company that produced the Spanish outfits, Bosco..
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrtv21_bosco-sport-presents-russia-s-official-london-olympics-kit_news
Amonester
(11,541 posts)to actually 'like' the motifs... although I loathe the whole 'olympics' crap mentality of COMPETITION and CONSUMERISM of TRASH nobody really needs...
And I said EX.