Why are Badminton Clothes so Ugly?!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2019
- I don't know much about fashion, but I can't help but feel that badminton clothes are UGGGGLLLYYYY. What do you think? Help me make better videos at / badmintonbecky
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Becky, oh no, I disagree! Some of the patterned shirts are ok. And why dislike the bright colours? Nobody wants a badminton court looking dour with dark colours. Not me anyway! Yes, when they overdo the stuff with clashing multi colours that can make a badminton shirt look yaky yaky! The dragon shirt aces it as a great keepsake! It looks great anyway. And you too look great!
Well, personal preferences, so we all like different style. But I wish plain/dark clothes were more easily available to buy! And thank you, I took a shower before filming that video so I wouldn't look so dirty, hahahaha
Funnily enough Becky I've just ordered the sleeve less version of the unicorn throw up on shirt.
Thank you for bringing this up. This is the reason why I prefer adidas and Nike sports wear over Yonex, Lining and Victor. It may sound weird but sometimes I wear football jersey while playing badminton, they are so cool. I wish Yonex, Lining n Victor company should give more attention to the colours and styles like they are charging on apparels. 😁😁
totally agree. the design of badminton clothes are also weird to me, and that was one of the reason why I was not into this sport before. So I usually wear a football jersey or casual T-shirt to play badminton.
I agree with you Becky.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the video, i had a good laugh. I've just started playing badminton and been wearing my gym outfit(black leggings and singlet). As i got a bit serious about it, i have been looking for a badminton outfit and I feel like OMG! I don't want to wear any of those ugly tops!
My options are now to wear running shorts and a singlet with racer back or cotton t-shirts with bike shorts. Still not sure if they are appropriate.
I think that sounds appropriate. Do people in your club wear a lot of badminton clothes or more just normal sports clothes?
@@BadmintonBecky Thank you Becky! People in my club wear normal sports clothes but look like badminton clothes.
So are shoes, they're hideous.
I agree with Igor, tennis outfits are classier.
Yeah! Ugh, the shoes are hideous as well.
How is the shoe hideous ?? They nice and comfy . Just that u guys don’t know much about Badminton at all
benjamin Ng function does not equal style.
The shiny clothes distract the opponent and they focus at your shoulders ,then u can smash 💪🏸
hahaha
I tend to look for simple patterned one color shirts like the black one minus graphics (HK Open) you have.
I haven't bought badminton specific shirts. I wear regular sports shorts and shorts. All in solid colors. Grey, blue, red, black, white. Not sure what extra you're getting with badminton specific clothing.
Just saw a 2023 catalog. Immediately thought of this video.
im still looking for china jersey 2011, if anybody knows pls pls let me know!
Thinking of getting some new badminton shirts. Had to re-watch this hilarious vlog.
I think I've mentioned abt this when u did the episode on why badminton is not cool. U are spot on with regards to the designs of the apparels. The days of all white was just boring...but then they hired a group of colour blind designers that was likely sent by the company to destroy their product to do the fashion design. Most of it are totally tasteless...worst than any efforts by kids that do then own t shirt. The UNICORN Vomit is such a legendary comment! They need to get ppl who are doing the stuff for Nike/addidas or someone from a design school that has taste. But while we are minimalist others like bright colours then is always 2 groups in a club....is like the warrior colours the brighter the stronger u are! Yonex was doing abit better with the LD and LCW range then suddenly they got crazy again. For the pros, by far the best has to be the jerseys from the Japanese, Korean and Danish....the worst got to be the Bumbee Design of the Indo mens double part of Sukumolio and Gendion. That's pure minions! Best outfit has got to be GYL and Michelle Li. Even the soccer boys does a better job at designing. Like urself almost all my badminton clothes are of 1 colour and always mixed with a black pair of shorts. The most colourful shirt has got to be the pink/blue LN used by the Chinese team.
Check out some designs by Maxx (Malaysian) and Technist (Korean) these 2 are doing it quite right. However material used is very important. Not all dry fit material are created equal. Yonex use to have 2 material for designs used by players like LD. Both dry fit but of a very different quality and weight. The price diff is 50%. For the ladies design I think the sleeves design aims to make the female player look nicer? Take Michelle Lee for example or Intanoe. The look so good in what they are wearing. Abit of a 1pcs or 2 pcs skirt with a P-sleeve.....if they were to wear just regular T shirt and shorts they will look so much less appealing? But then again the player must feel comfortable, depending on physic of the players the type of clothes may have to change. Like the males players they look different when they wear sleeveless or a short with sleeves.
Yeah, I feel like they could hire a design student as an intern from some local college and have better designed clothes than from the pro designers, haha
What is the price of China name Shirt?
What do you think of the Carolina Marin and PV Sindhu styles? It seems to me that they are wearing things that approximate a bit what female tennis players wear. And tennis clothes are considered quite fashionable, I think.
Yeah, I think Marin tends to have nice, plainer kinds of clothes. I wonder if she has more of a say about the design because she is basically on her own. Obviously big teams like China or Japan have someone design for them, but Spain doesn't really have a team persay, basically just her. So I wonder if they ask her. And as for the style of clothing, I think it's fine. Personally I hate wearing skirts, but if they like it, then no prob, haha. I have much more of a problem with the design of the clothes, not the styles.
I like how ugly badminton clothes are
Only yonex is my favorite badminton shirt .the rest brand is for football.
They add colour to the shoulders because when you smash it stands out and draws your focus to where the power is coming from.
Really? I've never heard that before but that makes sense.
@@BadmintonBecky That is my interpretation of it anyway. I saw it when I watched Lin dan play and he had a colour on his right shoulder but he was left handed and it was very confusing as he would smash and the colour would not move like it would on right handed players and was actually quite deceptive. I think most of the time the colour is on the right hand side as most players are right handed, if this is correct then it would make sense that that is why they do it :D
@@owlyboy6059 Well, I like the theory, haha
Hi Becky, I completey agree with you. I’ve been playing badminton for many years now here in the US and back in the Philippines. I think their clothes is one of the reasons why badminton is not a popular sport especially here in the US. People think they’re ghetto looking. If people are trying to spread badminton around the world, I think their clothes have to somewhat adjust so that more people would like to play badminton. I know some people would say “oh, if they truly love badminton, clothes would not matter”. Yeah for sure for us it wont matter because we already love the sport. But how about for those people especially here in the US who are just thinking of starting to play badminton but decided not to because of the shirt designs😆
Yeah, exactly! Sports brands are so big in the fashion world right now if badminton had some cool clothes it could be big too!
Yes true, not just enjoying the game but we want to look good as well. 😃😃
Haha, I agree that some of the clothes you pointed out are ugly (that woman at 1:33... uh no comment) but some of them I do like! Like I actually like the one that Azhi's team chose. DEFINITELY agree though that badminton brands need to work harder at getting their clothes to be worn more in the mainstream!
Isn't that flower track suit amazing? It was branded Adidas, but I don't know if it is real or not (it's hard to be sure in China) but kudos to her for wearing it!
super agree with you!!!!! from Taiwan
I just wear sport shirts when I play badminton. Never bought any badminton shirts
01:32 i have seen many WTF clothes on badminton court in china but that one is definitely the best of the best :D :D :D
What's wrong with flashy colored shirts? ua-cam.com/video/wGl-ySgJ95M/v-deo.html
I agree that many designs are ugly, but there's plenty of simpler or even plain colored designs.... Why so negative?
Cause I think if they design clothes with a more mainstream audience in mind then people will want to wear badminton clothes out shopping, or in class, or wherever like they do with yoga, basketball, baseball clothes. It's actually quite hard to find a plain and simple design from the big 3. They often have slashes, splotches, or just poor design. Victor has a few ok shirts, but in general they are hard to find
I totally agree! Football jersey > Badminton jersey with those unnecessary stripes with bright colours!
How about simple active wear for soccer, running, or tennis? Adidas makes solid colors with the 3 stripes. Tennis wear is pricey.
Yeah, and people tend to wear soccer or tennis clothes out when they do errands or go shopping or whatever. Because they look good. Badminton clothes not so much.
Oops...I mean wear those sport clothes for badminton.
I've just started badminton been about 5 times. I'm loving it but the question is on my mind why are badminton clothes so ugly 🤭🤣So this video is perfect for me. Hehe I think tennis outfits are wayyy cuter and cosy. Especially with summer approaching I'm going to be looking for some functional yet nice looking pieces.
I'm glad you started playing badminton and loving it! Welcome, welcome!
Just wear mono color shirts. I go with plain Uniqlo shirts.
I actually really like uniqlo's sport line! The black tights I wear are their compression leggings. (I was sad when they stopped carrying them.) The only thing for me is in China Uniqlo is Asian sizes, so I have to buy mens or a XL womens. It's fine, but, ya know, doesn't make me feel good. :P
Hahahhaa this episode is hilarious!! The soundtrack makes it even better. Never even asked myself that question why badminton clothes are ugly but its true!
You are way more fashionable than me, how have you never noticed?! :P
Badminton Becky Guess I just assumed that this is the way you have to look when you play badminton. Like unicorn vomit and shoulder stripes and shark bites bleeding yellow blood. Hahaha noticed I am quoting you
I feel you.. but if you look now, there are more nicer ones. 2023 :)
honestly I just wear lululemon and asos to badminton
Again I really support you Becky....from Mizoram,India
Thanks!
I’m with you Becky haha
Yeah as someone who had played badminton for a long time, fashion sense is extremely lacking in this sport
I shared the frustration. Coming from the cycling culture, im so bewildered how these sports liked colours yet badminton aesthetic always looks tasteless to me. Anyway, I ordered custom kits these days.
ngl i like them i mostly like designs where its mostly black with some other colours but i get that some people wont like it but it isn't THAT bad, you act like you're gonna barf everytime you see it.
I love this video. You are right that badminton cloths are not simple.
How about Kawasaki badminton clothes their racket and cloths are nice
Actually we don't see much Kawasaki stuff in China. I just googled it and they seem to have a lot of the splotchy patterns and crazy colors that I don't like.
I believe its because asian institutions (say a school) likes to stand out the crowd thats why they funkier the shirt the better
Very funny take! I have to agree that badminton apparel is not cool relative to other sports. Cricket also has some terrible designs.
Except test cricket
Mannnnnnnnnnnn some who think the same, wtf with the fluorishing colors?!
YES YES YES Becky! You are hilariously saying what we are ALL thinking! TY! I'm old school all white, they have much better materials now...quick dry, non clingy, not see thru etc. So I'm bringing it back as a Coach on a CA High School Badminton team. Bright colored jackets for warm up, but classic all white for game time. Showing this excellent video to my team. TY subbed.
Classic white is gonna be hard to keep clean though! Especially for high school players haha.
Perhaps you can start making some?
I DO wanna make a shirt with my logo. :P
I never wear bright color cloth when playing badminton...you tend to stand out and that is not good when competing. I prefer dark color or grey clothing. I feel stronger when wearing dark/grey color....look at the Blacks (NZ rugby team)...they look mean machine/bad ass
I love the All Blacks outfit. They DO look really cool.
@@BadmintonBecky do you know of a good badminton court in Hangzhou? goin there for a week in Nov...maybe I can join a game or two
@@ramjittiindaraprasirt8081 Unfortunately I don't. I lived there for 5 years, but that was before I played badminton. I met someone from Hangzhou recently though and he said there are a lot so it shouldn't be hard to find one.
@@BadmintonBecky many thanks...I will take my racket just in case I do see a court..
@@ramjittiindaraprasirt8081 Let me know what you find!
Asians just like tacky clothes LOL.
No lie. I read the title and thought "not ALL badminton clothes....." Then I watched your video and ya. 99% of badminton clothes are straight awful.
This is what I called no taste lmao . And there’s sleeve shirt for woman just that u need go find them. -.-
Wait you can pick you're own shirt?
Finally someone is telling the truth!
you just have to accept that you gotta look ridiculous on the badminton court
5:25 lol why do you care so much if a woman (an athlete especially) care about if her arms were covering or not. Tell that too to athletic or swimming athlete. You should give more attention to your play than the apparel itself. I never heard a top player called a badminton clothes ugly.
Haha, you are clearly not a middle-aged woman. We are very self-conscious about the jiggling fat in our upper arms, lol. And of course pro players look good in these clothes, because they are young and fit, I just mean for amateur players with less fit bodies. ;P
Well if you say so than it is a pity. When i play badminton in the court, i will never judge on someone else's fashion. In fact i don't even watch other court. Just focus on me and my friends play. Really like your meet with pro player content, but this one? meh..
@@alitkarna haha, well, this channel is all about the life of a normal person obsessed with badminton. And clothes is a part of that. Hopefully I can go to some more tournaments again and interview the pro's but until then the videos will be about all the things I think about in daily life with badminton. And I wear badminton clothes more than normal clothes, so it is something I think about.
@@alitkarna bilang baju bulutangkis jelek cuma gara² desain ama warna gak sesuai sama selera fashion dia, plus karena gak bisa dipake sehari-hari. mungkin wearpack moto gp juga bakal dibilang jelek sama dia karena gak bisa dipake bepergian sehari-hari 😅 yakali standar bagus jeleknya pakaian olahraga berdasarkan pandangan fashion individu sama bisa enggaknya dipake sehari-hari.
I like it......hahaaa
Not much ugly
I admit some badminton T-shirts are hideous!! It’s so embarrassing to wear them when you’re not playing the sport. I hope they listen. Well done Becky!!!
They just dont suit your face and body.
Shes crazy 😒
Why would you be freaking offended by just one woman's opinion? Grow up son