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hide captionThis product image released by Ralph Lauren shows American hockey player Zach Parise wearing the official uniform for Team USA to be worn at the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia.
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This product image released by Ralph Lauren shows American hockey player Zach Parise wearing the official uniform for Team USA to be worn at the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia.
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We're not exactly fashionistas here at The Two-Way, but even with our skewed sense of style, we're not sure what to make of the Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms to be worn by the U.S. Olympic team at the opening ceremony in Sochi on Feb. 7.
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hide captionIn this image provided by Loudmouth Golf, members of the Norway's Men's Olympic Curling Team are shown in uniform.
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In this image provided by Loudmouth Golf, members of the Norway's Men's Olympic Curling Team are shown in uniform.
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As one of our colleagues said, the Winter Games uniform "looks like something your grandmother would knit you for Christmas." CBS Sports made a similar observation: "It's almost like an ugly Christmas sweater vest mixed with some yoga pants."
Gawker called the red, white and blue cardigan sweater with alpaca earflap hat and sweat pants, "hideously ugly." The Today show was kinder, describing the "knit patchwork cardigans" as featuring "a classic color palette or red, white and navy" that is "quite patriotic."
At the time of the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, the U.S. uniforms (also designed by Ralph Lauren) sparked controversy, too. As The Two-Way's Eyder Peralta reported at the time, it had mainly to do with the clothing being made in China, instead of the U.S. That concern has been remedied this time around, so regardless of how you feel about the look of the latest uniforms, you can be assured they are "Made in USA."
The uniforms that the U.S. team will wear at Sochi's opening ceremony:
While the U.S. team might not be entirely happy with the choice of apparel (although we've heard no specific complaints), it clearly could be worse, as evidenced by the Norwegian curling team's uniform, or the uniform worn by Spanish athletes in 2012.
Even so, we understand that these things are subjective, so we're looking for input from our readers. You can vote in the poll below:
