While we’re all for an athletic-inspired design or a sports-luxe get up, the Australian swimming uniform doesn’t combine fashion and sport in the way we’d normally like. But then again, we’re not the ones swimming laps. One design is splashed with a bright print blending kangaroos and Australian maps in our national colours of green and “gold”, while the other contrasted black with a different, neon-type green.
Schlanger, who will be wearing the pieces for the games, is a fan and posted a team photo to her Twitter account. “Vintage print and bright colours. Love it!” she wrote, but other social media users haven’t been so friendly to Speedo’s designs. Perhaps we all need to remember that this is the Commonwealth Games we’re talking about, and just like our mums would say, “it’s not a fashion parade”.
@SpeedoAus @Mel_Schlanger @SwimmingAUS That’s got to be the worst looking attire any Australian athlete has ever worn in any sport. EVER!
— Dannyboy (@danieljshaw) July 1, 2014
@SpeedoAus @SwimmingAUS not a fan of the swim wear looks like from the 70’s
— Tracy_2 (@2_paterson) July 1, 2014
