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Team USA Winter Olympic Uniforms (A Picture Vanity)
January 24, 2014

Posted on 01/24/2014 3:14:32 PM PST by ConservativeInPA

1980:

2014:



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: olympics; olympics2014; ralphlauren; sochi
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To: ConservativeInPA
I like the cowboy look....am sure Texans wouldn't disapprove either.

The Sweaters are another “thing” altogether. Wasn't wise to use the flag as any “terrorists” will know who to pick off if they're stupid enough to try.

61 posted on 01/24/2014 4:42:14 PM PST by caww
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To: BCW

Ralph Lauren...


62 posted on 01/24/2014 4:46:25 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: caww

Greg Gutfeld on The Five joked that the uniforms appeared to have been sewn in the dark. ;-)


63 posted on 01/24/2014 4:58:30 PM PST by simonjo
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To: ConservativeInPA

1932

64 posted on 01/24/2014 5:18:12 PM PST by Oratam
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To: knarf

We’ve always had horribly tacky outfits.

John Waters of ‘Hairspray’ fame couldn’t do worse. They are beyond parody.

Canada’s ceremonial outfits and competition uniforms are stunning in their clean, tasteful design. They regularly put us to shame along with nations like Norway. Remember the Stateside mania for those Roots deep red berets etc?


65 posted on 01/24/2014 5:19:01 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
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To: knarf

Well, you may as well have a red target on the backs of these US athletes. What a bunch of idiots. I’ll venture to guess that all the athletes will wear this outfit only on the opening day parade. After that it will be packed up and forgotten.


66 posted on 01/24/2014 5:34:13 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: ConservativeInPA

Clown outfits .... calling Slow Joe!


67 posted on 01/24/2014 5:49:31 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (It's difficult to differentiate between a hog calling contest and a Senate rollcall.)
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To: SkiKnee

Those look just like my first pair of ski boots. 1968

Still have a pair old Norwegian style skiboots, use them for hiking, comfortable. but would have liked the Olympic outfits a little less glaring, easy to spot for terrorists to


68 posted on 01/24/2014 6:57:51 PM PST by munin (MSNBC?)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Wow... It’s been years since I’ve seen a picture of the 1980 Winter Olympic uniforms. I was in high school and worked (after school had let out for the day) in the factory that made those coats. Nice non-union, high quality, USA made coats... If I knew then what I know now, I would have bought extras in increasing sizes so I could have had one on hand for always. They were soooo warm. Now the factory is gone now...


69 posted on 01/24/2014 7:09:41 PM PST by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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To: Raven6
I think that was 1984 in Sarajevo because the sign says "SAD", which stands for the USA in Serbo-Croatian. (Sjedinjene Američke Države)
70 posted on 01/24/2014 7:12:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Yeah... We made those coats as well. It’s just me not remembering which style was made for which years... I was confused. It was always a big deal in our little town that the local manufacturer was getting to make the coats. For years, we made all of the childrens winter-wear for Sears and J C Penney’s. It was amazing to walk through the shipping department and to see where everything was being shipped. All over the world... It’s all gone now. Five large sewing factories making everything from men’s dress shirts, to jeans, to casual shirts, to uniforms, and then outerwear. Employed several thousand. Not a single one still in operation...


71 posted on 01/24/2014 9:58:39 PM PST by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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To: simonjo
I'll take USA'S Uniforms over these characters!


72 posted on 01/24/2014 11:00:34 PM PST by caww
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Nah...post 73 are the real clown outfits!


73 posted on 01/24/2014 11:02:36 PM PST by caww
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To: caww
Canada's uniforms look real good.


74 posted on 01/24/2014 11:12:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ConservativeInPA

1980 were “Meh.” 2014 look like someone got an ugly Christmas sweater and wore it to the Olympics. UG. LY!


75 posted on 01/25/2014 12:39:18 AM PST by RocketMan1 (Creepy White Ass Cracka.)
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To: mountn man
Looks like something off of anime...
http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/streams/2014/January/140122/2D11392691-today-men-olympic-outfit-140122-01.blocks_desktop_medium.jpg
Photo from NBC News
76 posted on 01/25/2014 4:27:02 AM PST by BCW (Salva reipublicae)
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To: dfwgator

Many of the other teams have good looking uniforms...they made a mistake having ours designed by Ralph Loren....


77 posted on 01/25/2014 8:24:23 AM PST by caww
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