The fashion capital Paris has influenced Australia’s Olympic opening ceremony uniforms.
opening ceremony uniforms our tricky green and gold national colours added to the pressure of being in the fashion capital Paris. So it’s teal, teal for Australia.
Deep teal linen blazers, in double and single-breasted styles, feature the names of 301 past Olympians and the Olympians’ Oath on the lining. Indigenous artworks“Over the years the shades of green have changed and in Sydney 2000 we had the ochre blazers, but I think the green is beautiful,” says Olympic gold medallist and“It helps athletes understand that when you represent this country you don’t just represent 250 years, you represent 65,000 years.
Grounding the look are Dunlop Volley sneakers, a change of label for Jeff Dunne, making his Olympic debut in Paris in the new sport Breaking, also known as breakdancing.
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