US Olympic Team Will Be Doused in Ralph Lauren for Opening Ceremony

The US Olympic Team will be dressed from head to toe in the most non-controversial outfits people will manage to have an issue with. 

Skip through any magazine with a Ralph Lauren ad and you might see something similar. The same sort of nonchalance you regarded those garbs with will be absent during the Opening Ceremonies. 

Here is Team USA, the uber-Ralph Lauren version. 

As you can see, they are pretty much as you would imagine if you closed your eyes and were forced to conjure the images of the most Ralph Lauren outfit in the world. 

Sure, you might have images of sailing or the polo grounds, but this podium with the American flag will have to do. 

Those are Olympians Ryan Lochte, Bryan Clay, Giuseppe Lanzone and Heather Mitts modeling the new gear that will feature heavily in a few weeks when Team USA takes on London. 

You can tell from Bleacher Report's own Facebook posting that the thoughts on the uniforms range from extreme adulation to outrage. 

I like them. 

Yeah, I will go ahead and step out on a very comfortable limb and renounce all the naysayers and proclaim success in the name of sartorial exploits. 

From the flat-front trousers to the double-breasted blazer, these things are pure class. 

And really, are we going to have an issue with the berets making an appearance? Some are putt off by the "French" look of the hats. 

I say hogwash, because the berets bring the whole ensemble together. That's right. I am taking a step further on that very easy-to-tread-upon limb and proclaiming the silly hats a success. They will make my viewing of the Opening Ceremonies all the more enjoyable. 

Perhaps you just need to see them live, as they were presented on TODAY Tuesday morning with USA soccer player Heather Mitts and fencer Tim Morehouse.

You say the look is European, but I say the swag is pure American. 

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