{"id":117700,"date":"2012-07-17T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2012\/07\/17\/ralph-lauren-responds-to-u-s-olympic-uniform-controversy\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T21:03:26","slug":"ralph-lauren-responds-to-u-s-olympic-uniform-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/17\/ralph-lauren-responds-to-u-s-olympic-uniform-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Lauren responds to U.S. Olympic uniform controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/EDCJYDQXYNLAPUCTAPYZ.jpg>When it was reported that the U.S. Olympic Opening Ceremony uniforms were actually made in China, many people spoke out, criticizing the uniforms. <\/p>\n<p>The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid even went so far as to say they should be burned. But amidst all the controversy, the brand behind the clothes, Ralph Lauren, remained quiet. <\/p>\n<p>Until this weekend, when the company broke its silence. <br \/>\nThey seemed to acknowledge their misstep with the following statement: \u201cFor more than 45 years Ralph Lauren has built a brand that embodies the best of American quality and design rooted in the rich heritage of our country. <\/p>\n<p>We are honored to continue our longstanding relationship with the United States Olympic Committee in the 2014 Olympic Games by serving as an Official Outfitter of the US Olympic and Paralympic teams. <\/p>\n<p>Ralph Lauren promises to lead the conversation within our industry and our government addressing the issue of increasing manufacturing in the United States and has committed to producing the Opening and Closing ceremony Team USA uniforms in the United States that will be worn for the 2014 Olympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it was reported that the U.S. Olympic Opening Ceremony uniforms were actually made in China, many people spoke out, criticizing the uniforms. The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid even went so far as to say they should be burned. But amidst all the controversy, the brand behind the clothes, Ralph Lauren, remained quiet. Until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}