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Standout style at the 2016 Olympic Games

The look of Australia's Sportscraft-designed opening ceremony uniforms is inspired by the outfits worn by the Aussie team in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

The look of Australia’s Sportscraft-designed opening ceremony uniforms is inspired by the outfits worn by the Aussie team in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

  (Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)

By Adam TschornSenior Features Writer 

A look at some of the looks in store at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Team South Korea

South Korea’s opening ceremony uniforms may look full-on American preppy, but according to Beanpole, they were inspired by the traditional ceremonial ensemble known as “hanbok.”

  (Yonhap / EPA)

Team Russia

The Russian Olympic team’s 2016 uniforms were unveiled at an April 25, 2016, event in Moscow. Modeling the looks were, from left, former gymnast Olympic champion Alexei Nemov, former Olympic gymnastics champion Svetlana Khorkina, Russian national volley-ball team coach Vladimir Alekhno, former figure skater Olympic champion Tatiana Navka, former ice hockey star Pavel Bure.

  (Pavel Golovkin / AP)

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Adam Tschorn

Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?” and writing down the answers.

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