Jean Queen

The snowboard pants worn by the U.S. team at the Vancouver Olympics were based on one of designer Greg Dacyshyn’s favorite jeans . The creative director of Burton Snowboards says the jeans were printed onto high-tech Gore-Tex fabric using a process called photo-sublimation.

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Olympic Snowboard Pants Inspired By Jeans

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