olympic cycling kit by Stella McCartney

[srw]

Take a look at Channel 4 news tonight - it's online. One of the (male) gymnasts stripped down to his bright red leotard. Apparently there's a blue kit and a red kit.

 

[furball]

I don't mind the look of the thing when it's being posed in but It won't make much sense when riders are in racing position.

 

[Arch]

Anyone in the 'no' camp should have a look at a rather good rant on the subject on YACF:

http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2177.msg1192737#msg1192737

I won't quote it here, because it contains language allowed on YACF but not here....

 

[3narf]

Typical of 'cool Britannia.'

Get a celeb designer to do it, preferably one who's a celeb because her dad is a celeb.

The Olympics can kiss my fat, sweaty 4rse.

Oh, sorry! Did I type that out loud?

 

[redcard]

Whatever the usual knee-jerk anti-reactions that are an auto-response to certain people whenever faced with something new, there are very good reasons why professional designers can remain professional and successful in the work they do, whilst the untalented mass of us do not, cannot and never will be able to do better.

I think the collection is well designed, by the way.

So people that like it are fair and balanced, people that don't like it are clueless idiots?

Makes sense.

I wonder how you differentiate between a good designer and a bad designer.

 

[Paulus]

Whatever the usual knee-jerk anti-reactions that are an auto-response to certain people whenever faced with something new, there are very good reasons why professional designers can remain professional and successful in the work they do, whilst the untalented mass of us do not, cannot and never will be able to do better.

I think the collection is well designed, by the way.

The Kings new clothes comes to mind. Just because a celebrity designer has designed something it doesn't automaticly make it good. The cronies who surround these designers are not going to stick their heads up above the parapit and tell them that this or that design is poor.

 

[Headgardener]

Unfortunatly these days the design is not thought as how good will our atheletes look but how good will the replica look on a fat chav/ned.

 

[lukesdad]

Next time sir Chris nicks Brads bike for a photo shoot, someone tell him to stick in the big ring !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

BBC News just quoted Brad Wiggins' response to the kit as, ''Oh dear!''

 

[Bluenite]

Compared to Englands past kits, i like it.

Look at the BBC thingy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17474959

 

[postman]

It's no better or worse than some of the crappy TDF team jerseys.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Typical of 'cool Britannia.'

Get a celeb designer to do it, preferably one who's a celeb because her dad is a celeb.

The Olympics can kiss my fat, sweaty 4rse.

Oh, sorry! Did I type that out loud?

Right. enough's enough. She's a graduate in Fashion Design from Central St Martins for flips sake. That takes hard work and skill. I used to think that fashion degrees were an easy ride until number one son did his course at London College of Fashion.

Anyone who survives the courses at LCF/CSM to graduate from the University of the Arts has talent.

 

[rollinstok]

I just puked over my dinner
Very strange.. it looks a bit like those cycling tops
Even stranger.. I'm holding a can of Stella as we speak

 

[Ashtrayhead]

Why has it got green in it?? Looks like a train company uniform.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I like it.

Same here, and there IS a red version too.

That said, why have different outfits for different people?? What happened to continuity?