Every athlete a fashion model! Interesting that the American uniforms for the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics are all made offshore, but with prices that would make you think they’re handmade by CEOs over their lunch hour.
That’s $1945 for the men’s outfits, and the bargain price of $1473 for women, times I don’t know how many hundred athletes at the summer games.
Also, I guess our athletes will be going commando during the opening ceremonies, as underwear isn’t included.
And I guess there will be a whole different set of clothes for the closing ceremonies, as the article specifies these are for the opening. Og forbid they wear the same suit twice.
Oh man. The second one has a link to the Spanish uniforms. I thought “uh, weird swirls… where the heck did that motif come from?”
Russia.
Russia?
:smack: OK, anybody complaining about the colors needs to see a proctologist about that case of craniorectal inversion (red, yellow and navy are Our Usual), but WTF? Russians? Of course the motifs look weird! About as weird as babuschka dresses by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, duh.
A lot of them do, yes. But even by that standard, the U.S. uniform really looks terrible. It’s just a ridiculous, flight attendant-y, A&F catalogue style. The Jamaican uniform is very loud but I think I could come to like it, and the Russian and Spanish ones at least look interesting.
However the glue-on chest hair sticking out of the top makes for a nice accessory.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the US uniforms a corporate donation-in-kind from Ralph Lauren? As such, I don’t think it matters what they cost, as it wasn’t a cost incurred by the taxpayer, but by Ralph Lauren.
My guess is they are getting a hefty tax deduction for this donation. Made bigger by the heft price tags they’ve attached to every item. If I’m right, the American taxpayer is paying part of the cost.
