A few days before the opening, Friday, February 4, the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, the Chinese authorities have established the attention of the watch at the opening and closing ceremonies a “dress guide”, which says a lot about their desire to leave nothing at random.
So much for the top of the body and for the bottom, three thicknesses of (re) clothes are deemed necessary to face a temperature that can go down to – 10 ° C in the Olympic Stadium of Beijing. For the top, it is recommended to have a coat that goes down to the knees. But not any one: a wind and water resistant coat, with a hood, designed for the cold, “with a down filling of more than 600, containing 90% down and more than 200 grams of Duvet “.
For the median, cotton or down layer, with “good ventilation and good heat” will do the trick. The case is corsicated for the layer of clothes on the skin. It is recommended that this undergarment which will of course have to dry rapidly and absorb the breathing, either in merino wool (between 320 and 380 grams per square meter, is it specified) with up collar or semi-rising.
Relax for feet
Let’s move on to the lower part of the body. Here too, the three layers must withstand water, wind, but be permeable in the air. The details are … breathtaking. It is recommended that the air permeability be “less than 51 m / min [air index per minute across each square meter of fabric], the aeration greater than 5,000 m / 24 hours [1 g of Water vapor per square meter per day], permeability indicators up to 10,000 mmH 2 o [water column pressure in millimeters] “.
A priori, the protection of the feet is essential. Yet one feels some relaxation in the recommendations. Socks should only be in “thick or super-thick wool”. Shoes must be both hot and resistant to wind and very cold weather. Whether in full leather or rubber, it takes a “hot padding”.
Remain the accessories. The cap must be doubled and cover the ears. And, in front of the wind, a scarf “seamless” is a “good choice”. As for gloves, they can be padded or “technologically heated” cotton, since these products, specifies the statement, “guarantee in principle seven hours of heat”.
This communiqué can especially lend to smile that the participants were not warned at the last moment of acceptance of their candidacy and because of the lunar New Year, most stores are closed. But it is also revealing the level of requirement of affluent Chinese consumers, particularly in dress.