6 hidden details you may have missed in Olympic athletes' outfits
Talia Lakritz
- Zuzana Paulova, a curler from the Czech Republic, wore curling earrings to the mixed-doubles event.
- US figure skater Karen Chen's costume, made by her mom, features a nod to her free-skate music.
The print on South Korea's opening ceremony jackets was inspired by the Taebaek Mountains.
The jackets were designed by The North Face, according to WWD.
Zuzana Paulova, a curler from the Czech Republic, wore curling-stone earrings while competing in the mixed-doubles event.
Paulova said she meant for the earrings to pay tribute to young curlers playing in the junior championships, which took place at the same time as the Olympics.
"These [earrings] are supposed to be a memory, because today there's a Czech championship going on for our junior teams & I wanted to send them a message that I think of them and I wish them best of luck!" she said via a tweet from the World Curling Federation.
Snowboarder Maddie Mastro of Team USA showed off the faux lucky rabbit's foot tucked inside every US snowboarding jacket on TikTok.
Mastro, who narrowly missed qualifying for the women's halfpipe final, posted a TikTok video showing the lucky rabbit's foot located in the front pocket of her snowboarding jacket.
Olympic fans can also buy a lucky rabbit's foot from Volcom, the official outerwear partner of the US snowboarding team, for $12.
US figure skater Karen Chen said her mom designed her costume with butterfly details that paid tribute to her free-skate music choice.
Chen, who helped Team USA take home the silver medal in the team competition on February 7, wore a purple dress for her free skate that was made by her mother, Hsiu-Hui Tseng. The long-sleeve dress had a low neckline that was framed with intricate rhinestones and featured a flowing mini skirt.
The dress also featured two butterflies — a nod to Chen's "Butterfly Lovers Concerto" music in her free skate.
In a video for the Team USA Instagram, Chen said that her mom also included a rhinestone butterfly detail in another similar outfit she wore for her free skate in the 2022 US Figure Skating Championships, where she won a silver medal.
US snowboarding legend Shaun White wore merchandise from his new active lifestyle brand, Whitespace, at the halfpipe qualifying event.
White is also competing with a snowboard from his Whitespace line, which he launched in January ahead of his final Olympics.
"The name Whitespace basically means opportunity," he said in a video announcement posted to Instagram. "It's a gap in the market, a blank canvas. I love that because snowboarding is that. It's one of those sports where no one's really telling you what to do and how to do it. It's up to you to have your own style, your own way to approach the sport, so I've always loved that. And obviously, a play on my name."
Swiss snowboarder Pat Burgener's board featured a guitar on the bottom, a nod to his second career as a musician.
Burgener began writing and releasing music after a snowboarding injury in 2014 forced him to take a break from the sport. He released his fourth EP, "California Sun," in 2021.
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