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Ralph Lauren received a big
lash out from lawmakers and observers in the media after ABC News reported in
its night broadcast that the 2012 U.S. Olympic team’s uniforms were actually
made in China.
Topped with embroidered
cotton twill berets, men will don double-breasted blue blazers, along with
white trousers and red, white and blue neckties. Women will wear single-breasted
blazers and the berets, with patriotic striped scarves and either white skirts
or dresses.
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid ripped into the company, proposing that the U.S. Olympic Committee “put
the uniforms in a big pile and burn them and start all over again.” In a rare
moment of bipartisan consensus, House Speaker John Boehner also expressed
disappointment. “You’d think they’d know better,” he said. Tthe designer in
question has been strangely quiet about the outsourcing and about the criticism
of his design.
But now the company has
released this statement:
“For more than 45 years Ralph
Lauren has built a brand that embodies the best of American quality and design
rooted in the rich heritage of our country. We are honored to continue our longstanding
relationship with the United States Olympic Committee in the 2014 Olympic Games
by serving as an Official Outfitter of the US Olympic and Paralympic teams.
Ralph Lauren promises to lead
the conversation within our industry and our government addressing the issue of
increasing manufacturing in the United States and has committed to producing
the Opening and Closing ceremony Team USA uniforms in the United States that
will be worn for the 2014 Olympic Games.”
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