Norwegian Sense of Fashion…

...… Grab the Headlines

As the Norwegian men’s curling team won 7-5 over China in its fifth match of the Winter Olympic Game, let’s talk about the Norwegian sense of style (once again!)

Way to get everybody attention

The team of Thomas Ulsrud, Christoffer Svae, Torger Nergaard, Thomas Loevold and Haavard Vad Petersson drew plenty of stares at a training session Sunday with their John Daly inspired pantaloons from a retailer of golf pants named Loudmouth (quite the appropriate name!), which specializes in selling extremely colorful fashion.

"There are no rules against the pants, but there may be after this," said the flashy-dressing Second Christoffer Svae.
The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) mandates the wearing of black pants at all Canadian events, but according to Warren Hansen, CCA Director of Event Operations and Media, the World Curling Federation (WCF) might overlook the rule.
"The WCF is working on a dress code, but I do not think they have implemented it yet," Hansen said.

One of the best comments I read was this:

Curling? WTF is that? Did anyone ever care about this Olympic sport before the Norwegian team showed up with these blindingly loud pants? Either these kids got lost in Johnny Weir’s wardrobe on the way to the rink, or they thought they’d stand out with something different and, uh, attention-grabbing. Grab the world’s attention they did, and now everyone’s aching to know more. (Or more like whhyyyyyyyy???)

They even have a Facebook fan page!