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Olympics: Ralph Lauren says the Olympic uniforms for 2014 Winter Games will, in fact, be made in the U.S. -- (link)

Posted by budice Jul 13 '12, 19:01

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577525503221026984.html?mod=e2tw (online.wsj.com)

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Hence the price tags. If they were going to be made in China theywould have been a tenth of that. - the liioulu with sandy feet Jul 13, 22:15
how come nobody checks to see where the basketballs, track shoes, javelins, all the other gear is made -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:14 7
- They're too busy counting to 100,000 condoms? -- nm - JenBro Jul 13, 21:47
- seriously though, clothing is a hot button topic for American manufacturing. They dropped the ball big time. Uniforms should have been made in USA. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 19:36 1
  - I agree. This seems like it should be a no-brainer inclusion in the RFP. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 19:40
- those are provided by the host country, right? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 19:35 1
  - shoes? no...javelins etc, I think is personal too, IIRC there is a sailing event where the contestants are distributed gear randomly to keep it - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:46
- cue up the Hal Holbrook West Wing sewing socker ball speech -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 19:17
- Why don't they check iPads, iPods, most computer equip for that matter. -- nm - budice Jul 13, 19:15
I think the Americans should just go naked this year. -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 19:03 11
- IIRC, the original olympics were so why not -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:15 8
  - You remember the original Olympics? Wow... how old ARE you??? - Cuzzin Todd Jul 13, 20:40 2
    - BAD has told all of us stories of how things were then. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 20:49
    - 10 years older than you. OH BURN -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 20:47
  - Something tells me it was only dudes back then though. No thx -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 19:39 4
    - correct. but hey, a coed naked olympics would be way cool with me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 20:00 1
      - unless you are watching the womens russian shot-putters -- nm - peglegpete Jul 13, 20:08
    - its not like they have coed wrestling....though a female cox crew would be fun to say -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:49 1
      - I have known a few female coxes, and they probably don't fit your idea of hot. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 20:01
- All they do is have sex in the village anyways, so why not? -- nm - budice Jul 13, 19:03 1
  - Ratings Gold! -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 19:06

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