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ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 25,910
edited June 2016 in The cake stop
Is that right? Tom Daley might as well go with a man-kini, I would say... would that thing be allowed on the beach in Sunderland?

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  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    hah - the only "issue" I see is that mortals will buy the "kit" and wear it "with pride" despite the fact that most of it will be obscured by overhanging bellies! ;)
  • Omar LittleOmar Little Posts: 2,040
    the coat of arms looks terrible
  • prhymeateprhymeate Posts: 792
    Microscopic swimming trunks aside, that design is pretty bad. It looks like they couldn't decide on one design so just threw them all on.
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 25,910
    I thought Mark Spitz had a low cut, but it's nothing compared to Tom Daley's...

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    That said, Phelps... :oops:

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  • mrfpbmrfpb Posts: 4,481
    And it seems they've included pyjamas this year, looking at the lady on the right.
  • mrfpbmrfpb Posts: 4,481
    You can see the cycling bodysuit on the right in this pic.

    http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsp ... euters.jpg
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,159
    Every single garment looks awful
  • mr_goomr_goo Posts: 3,755
    gethinceri wrote:
    Every single garment looks awful

    I thought the same of the last olympic kit. At least this one is Red/White/Blue. Trouble is they have given the job to a fashion designer who seems to get the olympic kit ticket coz of who her dad is.

    What would really be cool is to go retro and just have Red/White/Blue band across the chest on the tops. Classic.
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  • awaveyawavey Posts: 2,368
    well I actually quite like the track cycling kit because the darker colours mean the "fake" coat of arms thing doesnt detract so much from it...but I dont get the "fake" coat of arms thing, or why Stella has to design it...though I do think alot of people have missed the point that Rio isnt quite the same temperature as Great Britain.
  • apreadingapreading Posts: 4,532
    Doesnt look so bad here:

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  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 6,563
    I don't think it looks that bad but it's not very distinctive - modern GB kits seem to be designed to look OK if you used the design on some casual/sports wear rather than something bold that stands out and looks striking whilst being used in the Olympics. So it's inoffensive but not great - 5 out of 10.
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  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,692
    Its a kind of hybrid 'The New Avengers' and 'Charlies Angles' design, and I quite like it for that.

    I think it will be a grower, especially when we win medals in it.

    I will be getting my wife another ladies crop top like Jessica's
    There will be no belly hanging underneath slowbike.
    I think her abs look better than mrs Ennis-Hill's in that photo tbh :wink:

    Not so keen on the Paralympic overcoat though!
    (Sorry for the Sutton'ism :oops: , just being topical lol).
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 7,159
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Is that right? Tom Daley might as well go with a man-kini, I would say... would that thing be allowed on the beach in Sunderland?

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    If Tonia Couch is wearing the same kit it would make the diving more interesting.

    It's amazing how similar Tom and I look in our speedos. And he's still only 22! He's been around for ages.
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  • capt_slogcapt_slog Posts: 3,500
    awavey wrote:
    well I actually quite like the track cycling kit because the darker colours mean the "fake" coat of arms thing doesnt detract so much from it...but I dont get the "fake" coat of arms thing, or why Stella has to design it...though I do think alot of people have missed the point that Rio isnt quite the same temperature as Great Britain.

    If you mean that "Stella designed the coat of arms", she didn't. It came from the College of Arms.


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  • secretsamsecretsam Posts: 4,774
    apreading wrote:
    Doesnt look so bad here:

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    Let's be honest: a hessian sack would look good on those two
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  • Frank WilsonFrank Wilson Posts: 930
    No green in it to represent Wales once again.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 14,585
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    No green in it to represent Wales once again.
    You've got some red, and should be grateful! :wink:
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  • tangled_metaltangled_metal Posts: 4,016
    Don't Wales and Scotland compete in their own name or is that something else? Also I think one international thing Yorkshire ended up with the most medals out of home nations so perhaps we should swap the lions for whippets and have them wearing floppy flat/cloth caps!
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 53,510 Lives Here
    Or just Yorkshire blue and yellow.
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  • secretsamsecretsam Posts: 4,774
    Tangled Metal wrote:
    Don't Wales and Scotland compete in their own name or is that something else? Also I think one international thing Yorkshire ended up with the most medals out of home nations so perhaps we should swap the lions for whippets and have them wearing floppy flat/cloth caps!

    You're thinking of the Commonwealth games, they're treated as being former colonies :lol:
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  • tangled_metaltangled_metal Posts: 4,016
    Well they are, aren't they?
  • ProssPross Posts: 26,121
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    No green in it to represent Wales once again.

    Eh? I'm a proud Welshman but I've never expected to see green anywhere on a GB kit. For that matter, I've never really associated it with Welsh kit either - very few Welsh rugby shirts have included green although it does make an appearance quite regularly in small measures on the football kit.
  • andy9964andy9964 Posts: 930
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    would that thing be allowed on the beach in Sunderland?
    Only on a Tuesday night ............ apparently :D
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