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How the Winterwear Boom Reshaped Fashion’s Olympic Playbook

At Milano Cortina, brands are turning the Winter Games into a category marketing machine for winterwear, using uniforms, fan gear and post-Games athlete deals to drive growth.
Lululemon's athlete kit for Team Canada.
Lululemon's Olympic athlete kit for Team Canada. (Lululemon)

As Olympic athletes take to the ice rinks of Milan and the mountains of Cortina this week, fashion and apparel brands are gearing up for a competition of their own.

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Fashion’s Sports Obsession Is No Accident

The Olympics are proving a perfect marriage of the sports and fashion industries. It’s the culmination of several factors that have turned sport into fashion’s most exciting new arena over the past two years.

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Haley Crawford
Haley Crawford

Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.

Mike Sykes
Mike Sykes

Mike Sykes is the Sports and Fashion Correspondent at the Business of Fashion. He is based in Washington, D.C. and is laser-focused on covering the sportswear world where it intersects with fashion, tech and more.

Eric Sylvers
Eric Sylvers

Eric Sylvers is Milan Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in Milan and leads BoF’s coverage of all things Italian.

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