Critics hate RL's US Olympic Team Uniforms - Page 5

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Originally Posted by curzon 

Why is the polo pony soooo small on the blazer?
Who seated in the nose bleeds will see that?
 

+1     How else will we know who made these fantastic uniforms and where to get one for ourselves?

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Originally Posted by Saturdays 

Looks like RL responded, with possibly the best response ever.
They simply pledged they will make the uniforms in USA for the 2014 olympics, hope that at least shuts up most of the critics.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-olympic-fashion-20120714,0,750826.story

I am a big Polo fan, but really -- they didn't think about making the US Olympic uniforms in China prior to announcing?

I wonder if all the critics realize that if this was made in the states they probably would be paying twice as much as the current retail price. Which would lead to another kind of controversy about RL not making clothes that real Americans can afford. It almost seems like a no win situation here.

Agree! The jacket is something that a lot of people would actually wear on a semi-regular basis, as are the jeans. And, of course, it's American with a capital A.

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Originally Posted by CYstyle 


Isn't the big point of the US that it's capitalistic? Companies are free to charge whatever the want, and make whatever profit they want?
If people really wanted American manufacturing to come back to the country they gotta make the place more business friendly.

You outsource when materials are cheap and labor is expensive.

You insource when materials are expensive and labor is cheap.

Right now labor in America is cheap -- it's the unions, bureaucracy and tax codes that keep things overseas.  America could easily compete on the global stage, imo.

I'd like to meet the bonehead(s) at Ralph that thought it would be a good idea to have the uniforms made in China taking into account the current unemployment rate, and the overall negative attitude towards jobs being shipped overseas.