U.S. Winter Olympic Outfits 2014

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What has Ralph Lauren created for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics? I know you've been wondering. Well, wonder no longer. Ralph Lauren went classic Americana with a "patchwork" cardigan sweater as the "star" of these outfits. They go over cream turtlenecks, and are accompanied by fleece slacks and big boots with red laces. Also, knitted cap with earflaps. And, yes, made in the U.S.A. Check it out:

http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/ralph-lauren-2014-sochi-opening-ceremony-uniform-1.jpg
http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/ralph-lauren-2014-sochi-opening-ceremony-uniform-2.jpg
https://cdn.empowernetwork.com/user_images/post/2014/01/28/a/72/d29c/540x293_20140128_a72d29ca9aa5ee12d4aec0bf8b8d052d_jpg.jpg

Okay, it's a little busy.....

 

[sr71plt]

The Europeans will laugh--justifiably.

 

[lovecraft68]

Is it loose enough to wear a flak jacket beneath it?

Something bad is going to go down there. No doubt about it.

 

[Acktion]

"Olympians who gain gold on 15th February will be rewarded gold medals with Chelyabinsk meteor fragments - it will become exactly a year after the pieces of the cosmic body fell into the Chebarkul Lake in the Ural Mountains in central Russia" - From Wikipedia Re; 2014 Winter Olympics

So... I wonder what these jackets will look like in Day-Glo

 

[PennLady]

I fear something bad will happen, too.

And those outfits are hideous. I always think the US has the worst ones.

 

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"Olympians who gain gold on 15th February will be rewarded gold medals with Chelyabinsk meteor fragments - it will become exactly a year after the pieces of the cosmic body fell into the Chebarkul Lake in the Ural Mountains in central Russia" - From Wikipedia Re; 2014 Winter Olympics

That's kinda cool.

 

[Hypoxia]

Murkan fans won't notice the clothes because Murkan fans won't be there. Three reasons:

1) Terrorism threats
2) No luxury hotels
3) Can't get visas

Yeah, that last is a kicker. USAnians are having a VERY hard time getting papers. Almost like Putin doesn't want hostile witnesses. Imagine that.

 

[Handley_Page]

The Europeans will laugh--justifiably.

Well, that's possible.
We can all hope that our lot are better sorted than last time, or we'll be the laughing stock.

 

[Handley_Page]

I fear something bad will happen, too.

And those outfits are hideous. I always think the US has the worst ones.

I've come to the conclusion that Google are simply daft.
I put it the instruction:
"British Olympic outfits for Sochi"

Item one on the replay was the Ralf Lauren USA design (one newspaper defined it (and the Norwegian Curling Team) as being for the 'visually impaired').
Lots of piccies of Luvvies and smiling faces, but not one thing in direct answer to the question.
I wonder what they actually DO at the Chocolate factory ?

 

[Blind_Justice]

What a devious ploy! Using olympic gold medal winners as incubators for alien eggs? I'm willing to bet that these "medals" are just pretty decoys

 

[sr71plt]

What a devious ploy! Using olympic gold medal winners as incubators for alien eggs? I'm willing to bet that these "medals" are just pretty decoys

decoys or a dispersion plan--into the bodies of the planet's most fit?

 

[3113]

decoys or a dispersion plan--into the bodies of the planet's most fit?

Ah-ha! I see a challenge here.

Okay, all thread readers! Best plot bunny for either the "real" purpose of the Ralph Lauren patchwork sweaters or the meteor metals...? Winner gets to carry the torch into our virtual Literotica Winter Olympic's arena and light the virtual, Literotica Olympic flame.

Why, yes, of course Literotica has a Winter Olympics....

 

[sr71plt]

Ah-ha! I see a challenge here.

Yes, as soon as I typed that, I saw PLOT BUNNY in big words. Unfortunately, I don't write much in the way of the alien-based (although I have a couple), because I don't have the patience to get the atmospherics right in those.

 

[3113]

Yes, as soon as I typed that, I saw PLOT BUNNY in big words. Unfortunately, I don't write much in the way of the alien-based (although I have a couple), because I don't have the patience to get the atmospherics right in those.

I think in this instance (that plot bunny) you could get away without such. One of my favorite sci-fi authors, Stanisław Lem, excelled in stories where the "victims" of alien activity never did figure out how it worked or what it was really about, they just experienced it and the reader was left to make their own surmises of how and why it happened.

His view was that the how and why didn't matter so much as the what. A unique philosophy at a time when a lot of sci-fi was "let me explain the physics of this to you...." (which, don't get me wrong, I enjoy as well, but it's not right for every story).

 

[sr71plt]

I have a couple of Roswell-type stories here (one GM, one not) that concentrate on the effect that way while not building the science on any more than the legends.

I think that dispersing mating aliens through prime-body athletes at an Olympics would be a great horror/erotica story base.

 

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I think that dispersing mating aliens through prime-body athletes at an Olympics would be a great horror/erotica story base.

Imagine the figure skating....

 

[THROBBS]

how about the Mexican Skin "team" (I think there is just the one guy) uniform?
http://www.theclinkroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mexican-Ski-Uniform.png

I suppose the sombrero would have been just too much....what a drag.

 

[Handley_Page]

Anyone seen the price ?
The Ralf Lauren knitted hat is $90 and a canvas belt $75.
I wonder if the athletes get a say in their outfits?

Team GB Winter hat, £20, in a very tasteful dark blue - HERE

 

[3113]

Anyone seen the price ?
The Ralf Lauren knitted hat is $90 and a canvas belt $75.
I wonder if the athletes get a say in their outfits?

The athletes don't get a say in the outfits—but they do get some choice. They have to wear the sweaters at the opening ceremony, but from then on have other, less garish options (as you'll see if you go to the store).

Copies of all parts of the outfits are for sale to the general public for some very high prices (sweater is like $600—given that they're handmade, that might not be unreasonable, but I won't be buying one), and the U.S. Olympic committee gets 100% of that $600. So if the public buys 'em the Olympic committee gets the money, not Ralph.

Also—as he got shit for having made outfits in China last time (London)--absolutely everything is American made from the wool which came from an Oregon sheep farmer to the people who made the yarn, dyed it, etc. So while the sweater's design might be offering a strange message, at least there's a better message behind the creation and selling of them.

 

[StrangeLife]

The design is awesome. I want one!

Murkan fans won't notice the clothes because Murkan fans won't be there. Three reasons:

1) Terrorism threats

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I assume they will do the same that we did at the Super Bowl...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/09/article-2098592-11A5564F000005DC-788_634x461.jpg


I bet Army snipers are fighting over this assignment. Getting paid to watch the Super Bowl from a perfect position...

 

[3113]

The design is awesome. I want one!

Just checked and you're out of luck...it sold out! Yep. All the cardigans that were on sale to the public are gone. Wonder if they'll make more...

I bet Army snipers are fighting over this assignment. Getting paid to watch the Super Bowl from a perfect position...

So long as they don't shot the figure skaters (and there's another plot bunny...)

 

[TxRad]

So long as they don't shot the figure skaters (and there's another plot bunny...)

Uh, how about the judges?

 

[sheablue]

Maybe they sold out because everyone wants to be guaranteed 1st place in their office "ugly christmas sweater" for next year? I mean, those are gawd-awful!

 

[Bramblethorn]

Don't have the link, but somebody had a great compilation of journalists tweeting disaster stories about unfinished hotels etc.

I did like the German "not a political statement just coincidentally rainbow-themed" uniforms.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't see a reason to finish the hotels. The terrorists are just going to blow them up anyway.