The new Ralph Lauren capsule collection for Olympics Team USA

Ralph Lauren presented the collection of garments that will dress American athletes at the upcoming opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed by a year (and with a few more unknowns) due to the pandemic. The American brand will provide the uniforms to the Olympic and Paralympic teams that will represent the United States at the Japanese event, whose clothes Ralph Lauren will also take care of for the closing ceremony scheduled for July. Ralph Lauren has been team USA's official supplier partner since the 2008 Beijin Olympics, and since that edition, he has provided the garments to athletes for the closing ceremony of the Games. The new collection follows the one Kith presented in July for American athletes.

The selection of garments of the American brand focuses mainly on sustainability, with the choice of green materials and surrounded by an eco-friendly policy; Ralph Lauren has collaborated in the production of some fabrics with Dow, a leading company in the research of ecological materials. The result is garments produced with maximum attention to consumption, such as Ecofast pure sustainable textile treatment, a greener procedure for the pre-processing of cotton in which water consumption is reduced. In addition, it should be emphasized the use of Mirum leather, a type of leather made in collaboration with Natural fiber welding, a company on which Ralph Lauren itself has invested and active in the research and production of sustainable solutions applied to fashion. Aesthetically, the garments focus on the typical colors of the overalls of American athletes - blue and white - especially in polo shirts (in which the Ralph Lauren coat of arms stands out) to which is added the sporty cut of sweatshirts. The collection includes a jacket, a striped belt, two pairs of polo shirts and trousers.  

Presenting the capsule collection, David Lauren, vice president of Ralph Lauren, explained: "We need to understand our responsibility to the planet we all call home. This is why we are proud to continue investing in a plan that sees sustainability innovations as protagonists". Ralph Lauren's items dress Team USA for every Olympic event and, perhaps, given the peculiarity of each collection, it's likely that this collection too can enter the spiral of resell that defines each merch of the Olympic Games.

The collection by Ralph Lauren for Olympic Team USA will be available from June on teamusashop.com