Ralph Lauren has been outfitting Team USA with their formal looks since 2008. The approach is pretty much always red-white-and-blue preppy classicism, and this year’s outfits don’t look much different (check out those striped belts and ascots!) but there’s actually a secret sauce in the mix, and it’s a lot cooler.
The navy jackets of the flag bearers Sure Bird and Eddy Alvarez incorporate what the brand has dubbed RLCoolant technology, which “disperses heat from the wearer’s skin through a sophisticated device that monitors and optimizes temperature,” according to a company announcement.
How exactly that happens is unclear (it’s a secret!