{"id":10723,"date":"2014-02-09T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10723"},"modified":"2014-02-08T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T17:20:47","slug":"ralph-lauren-crashes-and-burns-with-us-olympic-togs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10723","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Lauren crashes and burns with US olympic togs"},"content":{"rendered":"

America owned by pretty much every other country when it comes to Olympic fashion<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyRev2Column\"<\/a>Olympic\u2026fashion???<\/p>\n

Yikes.<\/p>\n

I want to know who spiked Ralph\u2019s coffee the morning he sketched this one.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to sound un-patriotic, but this looks like one zipper-less, stretch denim jegging away from a QVC \u201cToday\u2019s Special Value.\u201d\u00a0 And, rumor has it the cardigan costs almost $600!\u00a0 So, thankfully, no one will be wearing it.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the official press release regarding the outfit:<\/p>\n

\"Kelly1\"<\/a>\u201cA dynamic mix of patriotic references in a classic color palette of red, white and navy defines the Ralph Lauren 2014 Team USA Opening Ceremony uniform, which is made in America. \u00a0Drawing on the heritage and sophistication of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a tradition of refined American style, the uniform features a meticulously knit patchwork cardigan highlighted with handcrafted details and emblazoned with stars and spirited graphics. The Opening Ceremony Cardigan will be paired with a cream cotton turtleneck sweater, slim-fitting white fleece athletic pants, sporty black leather boots with red laces and a cotton belt accented with jacquard tape featuring patriotic graphics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh my.\u00a0 Refined?\u00a0 Even the description seems frenetic. \u00a0(Kudos for mentioning that our Olympic uniform was MADE IN AMERICA.\u00a0 Rare these days)<\/p>\n

I understand the need to stand out when you are marching en masse in a gigantic arena, but a patchwork boyfriend sweater would not be my first choice.<\/p>\n

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\"Kelly2\"<\/a>How is it that Serbia <\/b>(with their 15 athletes) did it better, America?\u00a0 OK, there\u2019s room for improvement, but THIS is the way to do red, white and blue!<\/p>\n

There were a few other \u201cbetter\u201d (and I use the term loosely) options:<\/p>\n

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\"Kelly3\"<\/a>Lithuania<\/b>.\u00a0 The choice of color combo is odd, BUT they are bright and cheerful!\u00a0 I like the pom-pom hat and the fact that the women\u2019s jacket nips at the waist!\u00a0 Nod to fashion sense!\u00a0 I give it a bronze.<\/p>\n

\"Kelly4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sweden<\/b>. Designed by H&M (one of my favs!) \u00a0I love the bright asymmetrical coat and pop of yellow.\u00a0 The funky Spandex legging is a design made for an athletic physique!\u00a0 They work hard for that body!\u00a0 I give it a silver.<\/p>\n

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\"Kelly5\"<\/a><\/b>Canada<\/b>.\u00a0 This is striking without being over-the-top.\u00a0 Personally, I would have liked to see a bit of white in the jacket, however, overall this is gold.\u00a0 The mittens are adorable and black pants are better than white fleece in my book.\u00a0 Not a fan of the Addidas.\u00a0 A fur lined black boot would have been perfection.<\/p>\n

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Some of my other favorites\u2026<\/p>\n

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\"Kelly6\"<\/a>Germany<\/b>.\u00a0 I am choosing to think that they wore this as a high five to Rainbow Pride!\u00a0 At least I hope so\u2026otherwise, I don\u2019t get it. \u00a0Are the girls wearing flowered pajama bottoms?<\/p>\n

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\"Kelly7\"<\/a>France<\/b>.\u00a0 OK, I actually laughed out loud when they marched in.\u00a0 Only the French would wear pressed tailored khakis and a blazer designed as outerwear.\u00a0 I\u2019m surprised they weren\u2019t smoking!<\/p>\n

What did YOU think of the Opening Ceremony?<\/p>\n

Leave your comments below!<\/p>\n

HAPPY WEEKEND!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

America owned by pretty much every other country when it comes to Olympic fashion By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Olympic\u2026fashion??? Yikes. I want to know who spiked Ralph\u2019s coffee the morning he sketched this one. I don\u2019t want to sound un-patriotic, but this looks like one zipper-less, stretch denim jegging away from a QVC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[60,854,3995,718,855],"class_list":["post-10723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-fashion","tag-olympics","tag-opening-ceremonies","tag-polo","tag-ralph-lauren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}