AP Fashion Writer, New York
The U.S. Olympic Team’s new uniforms will be designed to mark them not only as American athletes in Beijing this summer, but also as diplomats of sorts.
The challenge, he said, was in the volume: There are more than 1,000 athletes who need outfits for the highly visible opening and closing ceremonies as well as the rest of the 22 days.
Fans can have their turn in most of the styles. For example, the white walking shorts and sweater vests tipped with red and blue that the male athletes will wear around the Olympic Village or the white polo shirt with both a red and blue stripe on the collar and armbands that is part of the closing ceremony outfit for the female Olympians will be available to the public beginning in June.
