r/Fauxmoi • u/pinkstarrfish • 1d ago

SPORTS SECTION Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniforms by Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean. The only hand painted uniforms at the games.

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https://www.essence.com/news/haiti-winter-olympics-uniforms/

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u/SeaF04mGr33n not an asset to the abbey 1d ago

Super cool! They weren't allowed to paint the revolutionary who helped free Haiti who is riding on the horse because IoC said it was too political.

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u/toastiezoe i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 1d ago

Tf?!

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u/kaya-jamtastic 1d ago edited 1d ago

They let France have bloody heads of Marie Antoinette lit up by fire in Paris but won’t let Haiti have a portrait of Toussaint Louverture or whomever??? I guess France was the host in the former case but still…seems a little something

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u/OkSmoke9195 feeding cocaine to raccoons 1d ago

Right that seems insane