The USA Olympic Team was ordered to lose the (macho) Cowboy hats in favor of a pansyassed, metrosexual-looking beret. Our Olympic athletes will be headed off to London this month, looking as if they’re decked out for a Hamptons lawn party.
USA OLYMPIC TEAM 2012
NY POST Ralph Lauren yesterday unveiled the preppy parade uniforms that Team USA members will wear at the July 27 opening ceremony, stirring an uproar over pricey ($1,000 per outfit) duds fit for a regatta. The outfits include blue blazers, cream-colored trousers, white skirts — and berets.
“2012 US Olympic team is wearing berets. Really? America?” tweeted John Lee Rudnicki, a Los Angeles entertainment lawyer. “How many people in the US have you ever seen wear a beret? Five?”
“What the France?” tweeted Greg “Hollea” Rachal, a political activist and former Jacksonville, Fla., City Council candidate.
The company said the outfits embody “the spirit of American athleticism and sportsmanship.”
The double-breasted men’s blazers and the women’s blazers feature both the official Olympic and Paralympic Team patches as well as an embroidered Big Pony, the Lauren logo, on the chest. Despite the critics, the outfits won the gold with some fans.
RONALD REAGAN DONS USA 1984 OLYMPIC TEAM COWBOY HAT
US soccer cutie Heather Mitts, who modeled the caps on the “Today” show yesterday, thought her beret partner, medal-hopeful fencer Tim Morehouse, looked really sharp.
On “Today,” Morehouse, a two-time Olympian who grew up in The Bronx, declared his outfit “really cool.”
Ryan Lochte, the 27-year-old upstate New Yorker who is looking to add to his six Olympic swimming medals, told USA Today he liked the “very clean-cut” look.
USA OLYMPIC TEAM 2000
David Lauren, the company’s executive vice president of advertising, marketing and corporate communications, said the retro look of the uniforms was inspired by photos from the US Olympic Committee’s archives.
These included photographs from the 1948 London Summer Games.
“Knowing that we were going back to England, there was a feeling of ‘Chariots of Fire,’ ” Lauren said of the design team.
He said the outfits represented “an updated take on Old World elegance.” And the berets? He called them “really fun.” (For the annual Gay Pride parade maybe)
UPDATE! Here’s what Sen. Harry Reid had to say about the Olympic uniforms after finding out they were made in China:
“BURN ‘EM!”
The Senate majority leader said Thursday the U.S. Olympic Committee should be “ashamed” for providing uniforms to its athletes that were made overseas and suggested they be destroyed.
“They should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters. Politico
The Beret is a french thing! Theyve killed it with the berrt! It definately looks very much likr gay parade week!! Poor Atheletes! I do hope someone in the team wears a cowboy hat in protest!!
VC, orders must have come down from the White House to not make the Americans look too American.
The moose must have designed these awful uniforms. They do look a little French to me as well.
The ‘international presidency’ sets the tone.
We wouldn’t want to appear American.
oh my gawd
My vote: I dislike the ‘new uniform’ … looks like they belong to a yacht club – a FRENCH Yacht Club!
I think you hit the nail on the head. A French yacht club indeed!!!LOL I don’t think I can stand to watch our American team march into the stadium. Our noble countries representatives dressed like that, its a laughing stock. I wonder if this will be the first year we bow our flag. We never have, but with barry in the W.H, and these hedious outfits it is possible.
bm, what does that mean – bow our flag?
I think she was referring to Obamass bowing to the Saudi King. bowing to the flag.
Muse, but BO hates the flag, he would never ask anyone to bow to it.
Olympics custom is for each countries flag to be lowered by the flag carrier as the team passes the official stand. America is the only country who has NEVER bowed (lowered)our flag, ever.
bm, I didn’t know that. Bet it will change this year.
The horror.
“All this for a damned TV show”? – MO
Pfffffffffsssssssstttttttt. :-/
I have to disagree. Green Berets don’t like to be called pansy asses, neither do pararescue, or security forces troops.
Jason, yes they do.That’s why Marines never wear them.
In the days of the Green Berets, and some of the other later SF groups, the beret was earned, not issued; now, with the IDF, a beret is assigned to show that the wearer is qualified to wear the symbol of a specific outfit, air, armor, border, etc. but these are military style berets, NOT these faggy things. and it is true that every tinhorn dictator from Idi Amin to Fidel to Hugo, all think that the beret is quite the dapper headgear.
But if this is an exploratory step ( again, face it, those are NOT military style berets!!), then we can next expect Richard Simmons designed Spangly Sparkly Spandex tank tops for the next summer Olympic outfits.
SR, you’ve got Mr. BNI rolling now! LOL
Me too!
Slobyskya, once again, you show a remarkable gift for turning a phrase or two. Hilarious and to the point! LMAO! I always look forward to your input. Never disapointing. Always sensational!
WTH!!! freaking gay! Cutting the balls off America little by little.
Can anybody doubt that Obama HATES the United States of America??? He’s attacking EVERYTHING that distinguishes your nation!!
My husband was proud to wear his black beret. Navy SeAL.
The french beret reminds me of the french who lost WW1 and WW2 and had to be rescued by brave soldiers of other nations, such as America. The beret is very suitable for a gay pride parade and that statement is not about putting down the gay pride parade. ‘Each to their own is freedom of speech and freedom of personal decisions.’ The 57 muslim countries will never have that type of freedom. Where are the hats that represent America? Probably the french are wearing the western stetson’s.
“Cat,” regarding the French and World War I: you are WRONG!!!!.
Yes, France did lose in World War II (1939-45) as well as the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 (from which NOBODY rescued her!!!); however, she NEVER caved in during World War I!!! What’s more, France bled the most in World War I: 1 out of every 28 Frenchmen perished, the highest rate of wartime death!!! Only Imperial Germany was second at 1 out of every 32.
Therefore, the ONLY time France needed to be rescued – and was – was World War II!!!
In case you see this, Alain, Dubi, Martin and al, you can say that I’m trying to keep the scales balanced, if nothing else…
That you are ADHD (again) and thank you for that. Am afraid you’re wasting your time -again- though, as time and time again, the same ones always come up with the same crap… And always conveniently forgetting that the only reason the US got involved was not out of the goodness of their heart or a keen sense of justice and freedom but, BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION, to protect their interests here. Then, they lingered, and lingered… until De Gaulle told them to leave. So to people who keep throwing that same card again and again, I say let’s call that a debt repaid by the US, in the same fashion that any Brit who keeps telling me *we* killed Diana, my answer always is that since they killed Joan of Arc, we’re even.
Sad to say, but maybe it was as well in a way that Diana died when she did: she apparently was in love with that Moslem playboy, and God Knows if she might have just even contemplated converting to Islam. At least this way she died without having perhaps committed THAT grievous sin… [To this day I remember a bit of her brother's brutal, confrontational eulogy at her funeral...]
As to Jeanne d’Arc, if I recall correctly, she was captured and handed over to the English by the Burgundians (apparently that state covered present-day Belgium plus a part of Eastern and Central France {Bourgogne?}); thus it’s not the English alone who have her blood on their hands…
My late father, a 82nd Airborne Veteran of D Day,proudly, wore his beret to special events along with his medals. Infact, he was buried in his beret. Whatsmore,I dont think anybody could have called him a sissy as he jumped in Normandy with guns all around him.
I do highly agree that these “costumes” look ridiculous. Mooshell must have designed them.
I hear ya, but her taste is even worse than that! Barf!
First off – every bit of the clothing made by this wretched limp wristed buffoon’s company, is made in communist China in sweat shops. There ARE sportswear and garment factories in the USA.
Second – if the fool wants to think about the era of ‘Chariots of Fire’, he displays his flaming ignorance as if it was a virtue, in implying that berets were commonly worn by English ( or indeed, most European or American) society. The semi-casual headwear of choice was either the Ivy Cap or the Irish Driving Cap. Check any authentic photographs form the period, you will not see berets.
It is all a sham by the ignorant and stupid, and the USA team should have the fortitude to tell everyone else to shove their ideas up their collectivist arsholes. But then, these are young Americans who have been brainwashed and mentally deformed by the government school systems, so one cannot expect them to be any more than mindless sheep.
Ah, for the days of Jesse Owens or even later, Mary Lou Retton.
Look closely…..look very closely..
and see within the brave faces reflections of Marxism and Stalinism….
Think about it….change the colours a little bit…lose the flag….and you have the brave new socialists/communists as they look towards a better day…
Just look at Obama’s hero “Che” Guevara
These little boys and girls are a mirror image of the millions of posters that lined the streets of Russia, Cuba, China and so many more…
Regards, Don Laird
Edson, Alberta, Canada
Don, shouldn’t they be carrying a white flag, too?
I see your point…..but to me there is just too much of a socialist propaganda overtone to the entire poster…
Regards, Don Laird
Edson, Alberta, Canada
At least they are not being forced to conform to Islamic dress code. Nevertheless it is required of our athletes to downplay American exceptionalism any way possible, hopefully not to the extent of failing athletically in competition.
look more like fugin turbins…..let me guese who’s idea this was!!!
Yuck. Even the colors on the hat and tie look like the french flag. Embarrassing.
Meet the new O-Team.
Obamamom new army uniform model after the NBP!!
Whatever people think of the beret itself, it’s only official use (outside of France) is military. Regardless of style, it makes no SENSE to have Olympians wear it. The cowboy hat is definitively American, and if you are correct that Obama has done this to make them look less American, then he’s just as bad as the European Union elites who want people in those countries to identify themselves as “European”. What a disgusting attempt at globalism. Next, he’ll tell us the Hijab embodies the American spirit!
NoB, he already did, more or less, in his big speech in Cairo.
As men are increasingly feminised then berets are a logical step and silly women will drool over “new men” who sport them. But normal people regard beret wearers (except the military) as freaky, geeky types.Muslim men treat women like shit. The western world is becoming the exact opposite as, increasingly, women treat men like shit. And worse still, too many men allow them to do it!!
Looks like a flight attendants uniform.
“Trays Up, Seats upright…….”
We,over the Water,love to see the Americans wearing the Cowboy Hatit reminds us of growing up watching The Lone Ranger – The Ragne Rider – Wagon Train and the likes,we LOVE IT,it shows you are never going to loose that part of your Culture,if you came to Scotland you want to see People wearing the Kilt,some People still do here on a Daily basis,so we love to see the Americans wearing their Hats….STUFF THE P.C. BRIGRADE.!!
This is horrifying, not only aesthetically, but as a step toward that “Che” thing…
This will be comedy gold for years to come. A fashion “don’t” that we can laugh at like we do with the 1976 White Sox uniforms
Reminds me of the Salvation Army…
Give us back our cowboy hats and fighting sprit and our team will bring home the gold
They look like sissy boys. lol Only people I want to see wearing a beret are our brave men and women of the Green Beret. I’d be embarrassed to march around in those white pants wearing that beanie on my head.
fox, I think they should be carrying a white (Obama) flag instead of an American one.
BNI Sir,Irrelevant article what has this new item got to do with Islam/Muslims,this site is devoted to that i think,Please keep focus.
Anon, my blog, MY rules. I’ll post whatever I deem to be of interest to my readers. No one is forcing you to read it.
Has everyone forgot that the US military wears the beret. I wouldn’t want to tell an Army Ranger that his beret is Un American.lol
Dan, the Army wears them, the Marines never would. The team looks like Yacht club yuppies, very effeminate.
Calling the beret effeminate is an insult to the heroes of the Army’s Green Beret. While a beret can be girly, try to think like an American and remember who else wears that hat. Now, with that image, place it on our nation’s greatest athletes.
Besides, I rather like the uniforms, in my opinion. They look militaristic. I like that in an American getup.
…-but I agree with you on the cowboy hats. They are WAY more “American” than a beret, outside of the military, where they are patriotic.
In fact, adding a white cowboy hat to that getup would be epic. Why not go with that?
TS, the Green Berets were Special Forces and the hats symbolized that. But they dumbed it down when they decided the entire Army should also wear berets, and thereby removed the specialness of the Green Berets. Personally, I still think it is a faggy look. The pointed caps still worn by the Marines and the Army (not sure about now) are much better looking.
I would bet the order came down from fatass Moochelle Obama to make the Americans less American looking and more European/international-looking. It wouldn’t be the first time she got involved in Olympics matters. Remember the failed attempt to bring them to Chicago?
What do you mean by pointed caps? The envelope headgear or the saucer caps? The saucer caps were once officer only and they became that again about twenty years ago. You are speaking of Dress Uniforms? With BDUs the regular headgear is a baseball style cap in garrison or a helmet in the field.
LK, garrison cap
I’m horrified! I actually agree with something Harry Reid said! I’m so ashamed! Seriously, these uniforms are terrible, I feel sorry for the people wearing them. Even worse it that were NOT made in America. Our mooslim in chief must have dictated this.
SD, yes, indeed, it certainly is a Flying Pigs moment.
Apparently those uniforms are made in China!!
Ah, sorry: you already know that!!! Yes, they should be given away to charity and the older uniforms brought back!!!!
The more the people go against Obama the better – and I hope they vote massively against him in the election!!! Even if he THEN invokes martial law and the rest of that mess: if he loses, people will know that they did the right thing!!!
Yet another word I soundly dislike (while we are at it): “metro-sexual”. The connotation of it makes me nauseated: there’s nothing really good in those relatively-brainless, politically-amorphous, unthinking wretches just following their favourite celebrities and the directions issued by those frequently equally-STUPID glorified BRATS who – once taken out of those frequently-WORTHLESS films they make – are as mentally and spiritually poor as anybody could conceivably be!!!!
Screw the berets!! This shit would have “The Duke” AND “The Gipper” doing flipflops in their graves! Go back to the cowboy hats :and screw the PC a–holes who came up with the idea of American Olympians wearibg something like the sissyass berets!!
WHAT THE F—K.
John Wayne and Robert Mitchum are spinning in their GRAVES.
Won’t it be a GAY DAY when that lot go mincing down the track, “don’t come the ducky with ME dear, I’ll scratch your eyes out.
Hell, Cleavon Little (Sheriff Bart from “Blazing Saddles”) is spinning in his grave, too!
If they were gonna change the headgear, they could have at least chosen the cavalry hats that American cavalry troops wore between 1850 and 1900! Or even a Plains Indian headdress! THAT would have shown true American spirit!
Sickening.. They look like they are Russians, pre 1980′s.
What the Fuck is That,we look like a bunch of Pussy’s from FRANCE!
Even Air Force security police wear berets. Military style berets can actually look kinda sexy on the right, muscular guy, but these are not military berets. These are floppy, faggy-looking berets. Also, I’m uncomfortable with the Polo logo. Although it shows that success in America can be obtained through entrepreneurship and hard work, it just makes me think of NASCAR sponsor logos on the cars. Is there an ad for Viagra or Penzoil on the back of the jackets?
Kat, considering that Polo is a horse theme and Ralph Lauren is often seen in Cowboy hats, a Western theme would have been more appropriate and more all-American.
Bowing our flag is just that, as the marchers enter it is lowered to show humility to the host nations. So grab your ass here we go.
Sorry to post a comment in pretty old post BNI, but this article, especially its comments, is another example of exactly what I am talking about in regards to the issues I have your otherwise excellent site.
Like another reader said — this has nothing to do with Islam.
Guys…chill out with the whole anti-France thing. You sound like rednecks.
Secondly, BNI, this article is littered with anti-gay slurs, which isn’t your fault but it definitely doesn’t help your cause and like I said, is one of the reasons many people think anti-Islam folk are nutters.
And to the idiots who shat out those anti-gay comments, I have two things to say:
1. There were many gay soldiers fighting overseas on your behalf so that your ass could sit at home. Your comments are a ”fuck you” to them and are way more insulting than what the people in those photos are wearing.
2. If you think everything gay is effeminate, girly, metro-sexual, etc, you should prob do some research. Don’t confuse stereotypes with reality.
I think the uniforms look crap. The older ones looked cool. But I have no idea where the hell gay hatred comes into that? To be honest, the uniforms look like something an airline cabin crew would wear.
Serd, posting comments in old posts here is fine. A lot of people don’t get to see all the stories because they are only up for a day or two before they are bumped by newer stories.
As for the gay slurs, it isn’t that the new uniforms look gay, but they do look European metrosexualish, which we Yanks look at as an overly feminine obsession with appearance. We prefer a rugged look, not like the Eurotrash elites. And because France is famous for its berets, the uniforms make our guys look like leftist French elites. Cowboy hats and baseball hats are all-American, berets are not.
But the underlying reason we hate these uniforms so much is that they wreak of influence from the White House and their desire to make America more like Europe.
I don’t tolerate abject gay hatred here, but you can’t say that men looking effeminate is not a big part of the gay culture.