Is Team Scotland's uniform the worst Commonwealth kit ever?

'Somewhere in Auchterarder, a tea room is missing its curtains.' Jilli Blackwood's outfits fail to please

Team Scotland's kit for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
(Image credit: Team Scotland)

Team Scotland's "eye-catching" new uniform for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been dubbed the worst Games kit ever.

More than 400 athletes turned up for an official meeting in Stirling to receive their new outfits, designed by Glasgow School of Art graduate Jilli Blackwood and produced by House of Edgar at the Isle Mill in Keith, Aberdeenshire. But no sooner had the pictures been posted on social media than the criticism started rolling in.

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