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Indie Brands Are Making This Fashion’s Biggest Olympics Ever

Canada, France and Ireland are among the countries working with home-grown fashion talent to create uniforms for their teams at this summer’s Olympic Games. For these small labels, it’s an unprecedented opportunity to capitalise on one of sport’s largest events.
French designer Stéphane Ashpool was appointed as artistic director for Team France, and has created several ranges of apparel for the country's athletes to compete in, as well as clothing for events such as the closing ceremony.
French designer Stéphane Ashpool was appointed as artistic director for Team France, and has created several ranges of apparel for the country's athletes to compete in, as well as clothing for events such as the closing ceremony. (Pauline Scotto Di Cesare)

For the past three years, French designer

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Daniel-Yaw Miller

Daniel-Yaw Miller is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. Miller is a New York based journalist, editor and advisor who specialises in sports, fashion and business.

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