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Children's denim shorts - Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games - Paris 2024

Children's denim shorts - Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games - Paris 2024

Inventory number
2024.2.28.2
Barcode
91909
Type
Short, Costume de cérémonie d'ouverture
Period
Paris 2024
Creator / Author
Bürki Daphné/Dickies
Origin
don de COJOP Paris 2024 (30 septembre 2024)
Usage
Cérémonie d'ouverture
Materials
Textile/coton
Dimensions
70cm - 60cm- 38cm

Physical description

These are light blue denim shorts. from the Dickies brand. It was probably found by the costume teams of the Paris 2024 Games in order to use second-hand clothes. The shorts have nevertheless been adapted to the young boy who wears them because an elastic waistband with buttons has been sewn inside the shorts

Notes

This costume was worn by one of the three children seen in the film that launches the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. It is one of three children on board a boat accompanied by the masked torchbearer who will go to the Pont d'Austerlitz, which will explode in the colors of the French tricolor flag. The child wearing this costume is wearing the red life jacket.

Photo credits

© @ Collection MNS