Scotlands Commonwealth Games opening 'costume'.

[geminisnake]

The Courier has a fb page??

starfish did you write that on the FB STV page? Sure I just read that on there.

longdog Is that not worse than the GTHS uniform??

 

[starfish]

The Courier has a fb page??

starfish did you write that on the FB STV page? Sure I just read that on there.

longdog Is that not worse than the GTHS uniform??

No, wasnt me.

 

[tommers]

Do you see what happens when we let you sort shit out by yourselves?

 

[Treacle Toes]

I understand the design quest to do something different but WHY those colours and does that shirt have to be speckled?

 

[tommers]

I saw the picture on Twitter but didn't know what it was, and this morning I've looked at one of those "21 unbelievable album covers" type things and my brain is confusing them. They look like a really bad 70s folk band.

 

[Greebo]

She looks 'interesting', I'll give it that.

She's wearing a top hat in broad daylight, and a shawl, and a half-up half-down do, nuff said. She thinks she's a character.

 

[weepiper]

It's howfin'. Really embarrassingly bad.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Other views don't help either..









PANTS..!!

 

[weepiper]

Oh god it's just so awful. Either the eyebleeding blue shirt or the hideous tartan colourscheme or the beige socks, any of those would be bad enough by themselves but all together, I mean wtf were they thinking?

 

[Voley]

I think it's fucking brilliant.

 

[DotCommunist]

look at the state of the cunts

 

[SpookyFrank]

Pictured with the designer Jilli Blackwood. As a mate of mine said "she looks like she lost out on the jumble sale fight with boy george".

If you can get dressed in the dark, you must be good with clothes. You're hired!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Other views don't help either..



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Chap on the right is visibly trying not to piss himself laughing.

 

[tufty79]

ye gods.

 

[Dogsauce]

It's been designed by someone who was bullied at school by people who were good at sports, isn't it? This is a well-executed revenge plot. That's the only plausible explanation.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I think it's fucking brilliant.

Brilliantly awful! My mother made all the family matching shirts out of that material/pattern in the 1970's and it was shit then!

 

[Greebo]

It's been designed by someone who was bullied at school by people who were good at sports, isn't it? This is a well-executed revenge plot. That's the only plausible explanation.

My money's on it being a Sassenach plot.

 

[DotCommunist]

the only way they could make that costume worse is to add an electric blue and bubblegum pink tartan tam o shanter

 

[Frankie Jack]

Brilliantly awful! My mother made all the family matching shirts out of that material/pattern in the 1970's and it was shit then!

That's exactly the kind of home made it reminded me of.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Chap on the right is visibly trying not to piss himself laughing.

Definitely tight lipped.

 

[equationgirl]

I was a volunteer at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, and the uniform we had to wear was fucking hideous.

I like tartan, but that blue fabric is a monstrosity.

The CG volunteers uniform is bright red and white.

The opening ceremony outfit is a combination of some hideous colours - turquoise and tan? Really?

 

[Frankie Jack]

I think the colours are supposed to reflect Scottish summer scenery. I get the 'coral' for the heather a wee bit, but I've never looked up the glen and seen anything as garrish as that.

On Scotland Tonight now.

 

[equationgirl]

Here's a picture of some of the volunteers, outside Kelvinhall arena:

The mascot creeps me out a little...

Is it me or have all the uniform/outfit designers picked colours that you'd never normally associate with Scotland?

 

[equationgirl]

I think the colours are supposed to reflect Scottish summer scenery. I get the 'coral' for the heather a wee bit, but I've never looked up the glen and seen anything as garrish as that.

On Scotland Tonight now.

Heather is normally shades of purple though, from light to dark. No purple in that tartan. What is the tan colour supposed to represent, the cowpats from hielan' coos?

 

[weepiper]

Here's a picture of some of the volunteers, outside Kelvinhall arena:

The mascot creeps me out a little...

 

[equationgirl]

Uniform slammed as 'horrific'
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/commo...mmed-as-being-truly-horrific-170159n.24685733

Even on Team Scotland's own Facebook page, it was described as "humiliating", "truly horrific" and "embarrassing".

One person posted: "I can sense a record haul of medals for Scotland. All the other nations will be throwing up for days after seeing this outfit."

The uniform received a positive reception from more than 400 athletes and officials who were gathered for their final team camp ahead of the Games, but derision elsewhere.

The outfit was designed by textile designer Jilli Blackwood, and combines a turquoise, fuchsia, navy blue and caramel tartan with a blue shirt for the men, and a flowing wrap-around dress for women.

 

[Frankie Jack]

I kinda get the feeling because it's Indyref year, they've gone for anything as far from any association with Scottish colours as possible..

 

[equationgirl]

@ weepiper love it

 

[Frankie Jack]

Love it.

 

[longdog]

longdog Is that not worse than the GTHS uniform??

Dayglo turquoise was never your colour

There's a new school opened up the road from me (part of Hull City Council's continuing campaign to merge large failing schools in to enormous failing schools) that has a blazer very much the same shade of migraine-inducing blue as the tech's skirts. It makes you wonder who could possibly have ever thought it was a good idea doesn't it?