<p>If they want to sellout and display a private company logo, fine (not really fine, but that is our capitalist system). If they want to have them made in China, that is fine too (not really, but everything else is made in China, so why should this be any different?)</p>
<p>BUT, the cost of these uniforms is ridiculous. When I go through Walmarts and all I see is cheap junk made in China, at least it is CHEAP. How can they possibly pay this much for these uniforms?? I could see paying 10% of these price tags for each item… seriously… except maybe the shoes.</p>
<p>Seriously, the Italians will be wearing the latest designs by Prada and Armani, and all we got are the stale, dowdy RL staples? Yawn. BTW, fashionistas were diging the coats the Italian team wore in Vancouver.</p>
<p>I don’t like them. It makes the athletes look like little prep school kids. They probably could have purchased a similar outfit by ordering through the Lands End School Uniform catalog (without the tacky polo logo). Why dress our female athletes in a schoolgirl outfit?</p>
<p>I want to think these were not purchased for the team, rather they were donated by the company. And the “cost” is what anyone else would have to pay to purchase their own set of hideous duds to match…Am I mistaken about this?</p>
<p>Lawmakers Want ‘Made in China’ U.S. Olympic Uniforms Burned</p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, said today that the U.S. Olympic committee should be “ashamed of themselves,” and “embarrassed,” that the items were made in China.</p>
<p>Did RL donate them and over inflated the cost so that he can get a huge tax write off? </p>
<p>There are over 300 athletes. Assume 50/50 between male and female, total ~$525,000. So RL spend maybe $50,000, get over half million in tax write off and free advertisement. What a deal!</p>
<p>Of course, you’d expect cheap junk at Walmart made anywhere.</p>
<p>Let’s see what he says when he goes into a Vera Wang bridal salon. Why wasn’t there an outcry when Chelsea Clinton (and all other celebrities) wore Vera Wang? Guess where they are made?</p>
<p>I’d like someone to check all of Harry Reid’s clothes to make sure none was made in China.
Did anyone check Michelle Obama’s inaugural ballgown to make sure it wasn’t made in China?</p>
<p>cbreeze, Chelsea was not representing the US at her (private) wedding. As far as Michelle’s gown goes… Jason Wu is one of the US designers who actually makes his gowns in the US!</p>
<p>Quick search of Nordstrom.com: 24 out of 27 Jason’s clothing pieces are listed as made in the USA</p>
<p>cbreeze, what is with giving BB a hard time? The inaugural gown pretty clearly did not come from Target. Odds are it was custom made for her here in the US (as pretty much all first lady’s inaugeral gowns have been over the years, I bet). And it has absolutely nothing to do with the Olympic team’s clothing.</p>
<p>Intparent,you’ve misunderstood my post. Read my previous posts.
I am answering my own question, in that Jason Wu has been in China all the time because he now designs clothes for Target and most of those clothes sold in Target are made in China.
I never said Michelle Obama’s clothes are from Target. Her ballgown was chosen by her among submissions by various designers.
Jason Wu is among a group of designers whom I’ve followed and I don’t believe his designer lines are all made in the US.</p>
<p>China makes very high end items as well as junk. As I’ve said, you get what you pay for.</p>
<p>Olympic uniforms are donated, beggers can’t be choosers.
China has become the scapegoat in this outcry.</p>
<p>Cbreeze, Mr B and I were actually running a little experiment: no stuff made in China for a year, unless it was needed in an emergency, so I got into the habit of checking the labels carefully. This was triggered bya CC thread about a year ago. It is actually not that hard to find things made in the US or Europe that do not cost an arm and a leg. I did not have to shop Saks et al., although I could not pass a bargain Sorry, the local Neiman does not carry Jason Wu, and we do not have a Saks, but I did check a while ago - the Jason Wu clothes carried by the downtown Nordstrom were mostly US made. </p>
<p>My biggest beef with the uniforms is that they are UGLY, the “made in China” is way down on the list of my concerns.</p>
<p>Agree the uniforms are uninspiring. Why white? So impractial and highly unlikely the athletes will ever wear them again. Why not navy blue with red & white accents?</p>
<p>In summer, white pants and shoes seem appropriate. The navy blazer is classic, as is the tie. I might not choose the outfit for myself, but other than the beret, I don’t see what the fuss is about.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I remember that there was an outcry over the Roots outfits.</p>
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That’s what I think, too. If it’s like the Roots stuff, if you wait a few months, you’ll be able to get some of this stuff at a substantial discount.</p>
<p>I wish the female US Olympians would rise up with one, gigantic “NO” on the white socks with clunky shoes look. Way to make incredibly fit and attractive women look dowdy, Ralph. </p>
<p>And very few people look good in berets. Given the likely rain in England, something with a brim would have been more useful, and a heck of a lot more attractive.</p>
<p>Althogh it is simply ugly and too expansive, I am shocked at all the hype around it. It is a shame that we make athletes feel bad about their uniforms when all they have to do now is to focus on being positive about Olympics after such a hard work preparing for it. I say, shame on all of us and the most shame on devil in the senate, he should have shut up and never pronounce anything about it, very mean and very insensitive. I feel for athletes so much, I was glued to TV watching all Trials. For crying out loud, we should all shut up as soon as possible. Many of them have only one shot at fame, some sports are visible only once in 4 years. Does any of us even come close to realize the effort of this? I do not buy any “free speach”, nope, no way. So insensitive, so cruel and rude…instead of providing unconditional support and feel real pride, these athletes should not feel down wearing their uniforms, whatever they are wearing, they sacrificed whole lot to represent our country and we should make sure that they feel 100% positive about it, and that includes their uniforms, beautiful or ugly, cheap or expansive, made in China or USA. This is not just my opinion, everybody has to feel this way at this point, Olympics starts in 2 weeks, I just hope that we all shut up including those in high places. This is real shame, uniform was just not perfect, but what is in this world?</p>
Sorry, the local Neiman does not carry Jason Wu, and we do not have a Saks, but I did check a while ago - the Jason Wu clothes carried by the downtown Nordstrom were mostly US made. </p>