{"id":343,"date":"2016-08-13T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/13\/olympic-attire\/"},"modified":"2016-08-13T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:40:00","slug":"olympic-attire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/olympic-attire.html","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Attire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nWhat to Wear When You Play<\/div>\n
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\nI happen to have a free week.  Believe me, that doesn\u2019t happen often.  No meetings, no classes, no lunches with friends.  To my joy, this coincides with the first
\nweek of Olympic competition.  In our
\nhouse, every TV (yes, we have more than one) is channeled onto sport.  While my husband will enthusiastically watch
\nnearly everything, his favorites reflect his own athletic routine of cycling
\nand swimming and all types of sailing, 
\nalthough sailing in the desert has been 
\nrelegated to observing and not participating.<\/div>\n
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\nWhile I enjoy watching many events, I admit tennis is always
\nmy favorite.  Which brings me to comment
\non the various styles of sports apparel worn by the athletes.  Most contests demand certain
\n\u201ccostumes\u201d.  For instance, swimmers have
\nhigh tech suits to enhance their performance in the pool.  Equestrians and fencers wear traditional
\ngarb, safety is also a feature here. 
\nCyclists wear Spandex and helmets. 
\nAll this I understand.<\/div>\n
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\nBut have you watched tennis lately?  Conditions on the court can vary greatly:
\nwind, heat can change the efforts needed by the players to succeed.  They must be able to move quickly and safely
\naround the court.  They must be able to
\nfocus their attention  on the oncoming
\nball, while planning their return strategy. 
\nIt seems to me that tennis ( and other sports) has become a fashion
\nextravaganza among the women athletes. 
\nSurely, one wants to look good before the fans and TV cameras, but have
\nsome of them even looked at themselves in a mirror?  Unflattering colors and styles abound.  There are few that can wear layers of pleats and  ruffles in bold colors.  Skin tight tops paired with shorts so short
\nthey cannot accommodate an extra tennis ball, if a second service becomes
\nnecessary.  It would not matter if these
\noutfits were comfortable.   I have seen
\nplayers tug and readjust their clothing after each point.  This has brought to mind an article in the
\nWSJ Style and Fashion section, Sat.\/Sun, July 2, 2016, which  lauded, what they called the Wimbledon
\nWhites Advantage.  According to the
\nattire requirement for the Championships Wimbledon \u201csuitable tennis attire that
\nis almost entirely white\u201d is to be worn. 
\nRefreshing and professional.<\/div>\n
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\nNow, some will say that is an infringement upon the athletes
\nability to show themselves as individuals 
\nIf one wants to look frumpy,so be it. 
\nPersonally, I would rather appear as one very lovely competitor who wore
\na simple white slip dress over her bloomers. 
\nShe did not fuss with her neckline, but appeared focused on the matter
\nat hand.  Athletic wear should be
\nadvantageous, not outrageous.<\/div>\n
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\nSpeaking of which, beach volleyball women have no where
\nfurther to go.  Although they are
\nawesome athletes and their winnings are uber impressive I remember vividly
\nsitting on a sandy beach in a swimsuit. 
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What to Wear When You Play I happen to have a free week.  Believe me, that doesn\u2019t happen often.  No meetings, no classes, no lunches with friends.  To my joy, this coincides with the first week of Olympic competition.  In our house, every TV (yes, we have more than one) is channeled onto sport.  While…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}