Athletes traveling to Beijing for the Olympics next calendar month will be equipped with uniforms for every social function . Besides specifically designed sport uniform , most will also have clothing to represent their nation as a interconnected squad . These formal and/or leisure uniforms are used for prescribed functions , press conferences , and the porta ( formal ) and closing ( leisure ) ceremonies .
The most controversial team uniform so far are the designs from Hudson ’s Bay Company forCanada . The designs have both Canadian and Chinese symbolisation and school text . See a verandah of the Canadian uniformshere . The reply fromthe publichas not been positive . citizenry object to the elbow room the uniforms lookandthe fact that they aremanufactured in China .
The Olympic rules state that no country can wear the same uniform design in two sequent Olympics . See more new designs for 2008 after the jump .
Germanyunveiled its Olympian uniforms in Dusseldorf in April .
TheAustralianteam ’s formal uniforms are provided by Sportscraft with shoes by Mileno . The suits are made from lightweight Italian wool , designed for the hotness of Beijing . See more pictures inthis gallery .
TheJapaneseformal uniform were mock up by athletes in Tokyo two months ago .
TheRussianteam ’s retro - style uniforms are designed by Direct Design and produced by Bosco Sport . A example of Bosco Sport said the uniforms are meant to evoke the fable of the Russian Fire Bird , which is a floor cognate to the Chinese Phoenix . They are also intend to evoke the Khrushchev era .
The Olympic committee ofSpainheld a fashion show in Madrid feature Olympic athletes to precede their uniforms in April .
Which interior squad uniforms do you conceive are the most fashionable ? Thursday , we ’ll take a look at the designs of individual sports uniform , which have nothing to do with mode andeverythingto do with carrying into action .
