01-17-2007, 12:11 AM
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| FIE uniforms
I always thought someone had the good sense to make FIE uniforms optic white ( if anyone has read Ellison's Invisible Man). Absolute's FIE material made me cringe. Any idea why they decided on that color? I mean, if I were to own a business, I would at least try to be aesthetically pleasing, even if it was more expensive because in all honesty, who wants to buy a yellowy body excretion stained looking uniforms? Am I missing something here?
I also believe PBT's extralight/superlight whatever has a similar color, but not as so garish as the Absolute.
Anyone shed some light?
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01-17-2007, 12:25 AM
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#2 | | Madness?
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| If you go to their site and look at the Negrini uniforms, you'll see they have a yellow tinge.
I believe it's because the material the uniforms are made of is naturally yellowish, and it actually has to be dyed white, which is why you never bleach a non-cotton uniform. | |
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01-17-2007, 07:23 AM
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| most 800N cloth is naturally a bit yellow. There is cheap stuff that is yellow and the only pure white stuff on the market is nearly twice the price, absolute compete on the basis of price and have obviously decided that low price is more important than the color. | |
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01-17-2007, 09:01 AM
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| How long did it take in tennis to go from white towards color.
Quite a few years.
Who knows, maybe fencing will get to the colored jackets etc. sometime as well.
Though, I think, the white really makes the sport look quite elegant.
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01-17-2007, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA  If you go to their site and look at the Negrini uniforms, you'll see they have a yellow tinge. | I have two Negrini's (got one free after the embroidary got mildly screwed up) and they are brilliant white. I fence with a few people that have older ones and they have not yellowed.
They are really, really nice. The cut is great and it is lighter than Allstar/Ulhmann.
Rick
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01-17-2007, 09:28 AM
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| Interestingly, I didn't know why uniforms were traditionaly white until yesterday. In the past you used to put a blue piece of chalk on your tip to indicate hits!!
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01-17-2007, 11:02 AM
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| Huh, I heard it was a red dye (phenol?) wiped off with vinegar | |
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01-17-2007, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by piste off I have two Negrini's (got one free after the embroidary got mildly screwed up) and they are brilliant white. I fence with a few people that have older ones and they have not yellowed.
They are really, really nice. The cut is great and it is lighter than Allstar/Ulhmann.
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01-17-2007, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA | it might just be exposure or white balance setting that makes the jacket look yellow. If you look at the pants, they are significantly whiter and you can see the background is of different color(a brighter blue in the pic of the pants) too. Which means quite possibly the yellow look is caused by different exposure of white balance. | |
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01-18-2007, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA | I see what you mean.
As BySword indicated it is a problem with the photography. I can assure you that the real thing is very white and bright. The elastic is not as bright, slightly off-white - but the set looks great and the quality is really good.
Rick
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01-19-2007, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by brtech Huh, I heard it was a red dye (phenol?) wiped off with vinegar | There were tons of methods used. The most popular i have heard of are the chalk and red dye. there was also a porcupine looking thing that pulled the jacket out and a couple others that i cant remember off the top of my head. | |
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