Worn to Win: Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, Part III

From a love match made in Olympic fashion history to a clothed protest seen around the world, today we continue our series on dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, covering 1948 London to 1968 Mexico City. Recommended Media:

Emmet Bryne’s “Radiant Discord: Lance Wyman on the ’68 Olympic Design and the Tlatelolco Massacre” https://walkerart.org/magazine/lance-wyman-mexico-68-olympics-tlatelolco-massacre

Douglas Hartmann’s Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete: The 1968 Olympic Protests and Their Aftermath

“The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World,” https://www.amazon.com/Stand-How-Gesture-Shook-World/dp/B08CBKJJYV

“1968” documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ss6qavj29c

Do Go On “The 1968 Olympic Salute” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/246-the-1968-olympic-salute/id1057458646?i=1000483414735

IOC Athletes’ Commission’s 2021 recommendation on protesting at the Olympics https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-athletes-commission-s-recommendations-on-rule-50-and-athlete-expression-at-the-olympic-games

LA84 Foundation's United States Olympic Committee Official Reports: https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll6/id/1368/rec/1

LA84 Foundation's Olympian Oral History Collection: https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll11

Olympic Ceremony Database https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html

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