I'm sorry, but WTF is Nike thinking with these new singlets???

not a fashion designer wrote:

How did these singlets get pass the boardroom meeting?

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Looks like they ran out of fabric.

I saw them on screen today and thought they were terrible. Since then I’ve zoomed in on photos and I like the contrast of the solid color vs the detailed pattern.

This might be a case of not fully testing the final product in the context in which it will be used. The shirts might have looked good up close but most people will view them the way we did - at full speed on a less-than-life-size screen.

Nike did not do as well as when they stole the show at the 2012 olympics with the volt colored shoes. They got the context right on that one.

They're great

The black and green singlets they had last year were much better but I also agree that each training group should have their own kit not just NOP, Bowerman, and NN. Most athletes seem to belong to some sort of training camp or another they should have their own stuff so the average viewer can distinguish them. For example Bashir Abdi trains with Mo Farah and Mudane and being easily distinguished as someone in the same camp may drum up interest this way.

I like the red and blue one. I have to admit, they grew on me. At first I couldn't figure out what they were wearing. Over the course of two hours, I grew to like them.

Francois VErsace wrote:

you must be 60

LOLOLOL I'm 60 and I liked them!! But then, I have a dinner date with a really hottttt 27 year old Ukranian girl soon!!

elviejo wrote:

I don't really care for the design but that's not my problem with them. I just can't stand that Nike is dominating the sponsorship of pro athletes. I dislike everyone being under the pay of Nike. Take a look at Pro Tennis for more of the same. Everyone's wearing the same clothes. Boooooo!

Complain to other shoe companies for not sponsoring more runners. Tell them to go after the high school market- like Nike does.

Takinadump wrote:

The black and green singlets they had last year were much better but I also agree that each training group should have their own kit not just NOP, Bowerman, and NN. Most athletes seem to belong to some sort of training camp or another they should have their own stuff so the average viewer can distinguish them. For example Bashir Abdi trains with Mo Farah and Mudane and being easily distinguished as someone in the same camp may drum up interest this way.

That's a really good idea. Make it happen, Nike!

A step in the right direction. If Nike could afford to create a unique top for each sponsored athlete that would be even better. If there are ten Kenyans in the front pack I don’t want to see them all in the same top. Makes it harder than it needs to be to watch.

Wish Nike would stop being so lazy. You can’t promote a super star if you treat them like they are a stock race cars instead of unique.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

You're right. I *MUCH* prefer the "everyone in the same colored singlet" that people b*tch about on these boards all the time.

LetsRun message board:

Different singlet/design/colors = complain

Same singlet/design/colors = complain

Please, please feel free to come up with a design and 10 different colorways and coordinate them all so that you can tell who everyone is at all times on race days. You know walk up to the athletes and say "Rupp is going to wear this color and Kurui this color and Lelisa this color and X and X and X, so you need to wear this color." Deal? If not, stop your b*tching

I like the singlets. At least the orange one. Green one not so much. I like the concept. Make them similar so we know everyone is nike but then vary the colors. I'd vary th ecolors to match the country's flag so we can see USA, Kenya, Ethiopia, etc.

I'd like it better if they were solid colors on both sides instead of patterned on one side, but I'm pretty boring. Pretty cool otherwise IMO.

They look like something out of the 1980s...and to that I give a big THUMBS UP!

Nike is lazy wrote:

If Nike could afford to create a unique top for each sponsored athlete that would be even better.

Preferably designed or at least chosen by the individual Athletes, not by Nike.

Scissors Please wrote:

Looks like they ran out of fabric.

Made from samples that nobody wanted.

Might be some postrace metrics (camera analysis when in crowd) thought in that. Not obviously so though, I'm not sure.

Why is LRC letting women create threads?

Opinions like this are one of the reasons shoes are so expensive. Fashionistas need a multitude of colors and styles to match their outfits. Who cares what the clothes look like as long as they run fast.

The fact is that the singlets got your mostly brain dead attention and you pointed it out to others so Nike wins again.

Is this real or is this fantasy wrote:

doot doot wrote:

Wait til you see Mao Far—, I mean Mo Farah’s London singlet.

Bad news...Mo didn’t get his, he refused to answer the doorbell for fedex so it got returned to sender.

Agreed. They're horrible. And I'm kind of a Nike fanboy.

The choice binary: These singlets or everyone wears the same color. The singlets that top Nike runners wore Monday, while undeniably distinctive, are ugly. I'm not surprised, as I think Nike's design team is weak (and they have reinforced that view with their kits for the US men's soccer team over the years, with more misses than hits). But tastes are individual, and if you like them, good for you.