The Norwegian curling team's pants are the real stars of the Olympics
 

The Norwegian curling team's pants are the real stars of the Olympics
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Before the Winter Olympics in 2010, curling pants were fairly nondescript. Curling, as the New York Times later wrote, was a "sport in which athletes traditionally wear black and draw little notice outside curling circles."*

But the Norwegian men's team in Vancouver changed everything. Instead of basic black, they wore so-ugly-you'll-love-them argyle pants in red, indigo, and white — the colors of the Norwegian flag.

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Then, in 2014, they cemented their fashion icon status, sporting a wide variety of Norway-themed slacks as they competed in Sochi.* Read more...

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