Perhaps the ugliest sweaters ever donned in the Olympic Games to date sold out last Monday on the American Olympic apparel website. The Ralph Lauren run domain ran out of stock of the American-made Polo branded sweaters within days of first being seen at the Olympic opening ceremonies. It seems unlikely that they will restock.
The sweaters, hand stitched and hand-made in America, are geared towards patriots and Olympic fans alike. Learning from the last Olympic Games, Ralph Lauren found it would be significantly less controversial if the clothing was made in America instead of mass-produced in China. The tactic worked wonders, selling these “ugly sweaters” as described by Twitter users by the hundreds, bringing in close to $192 750.
Each sweater retailed for $595 before they were taken off the site, a steep price for a sweater, but not at all for a Ralph Lauren piece. For those still determined to have, there are still a few being sold online. Postings on eBay range from $600 to over $2500 and, with only 324 of such sweaters in existence, it isn’t that ridiculous to see people paying an outrageous price for them.
But nothing could be quite as ridiculous as those sweaters.
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