--- title: US Olympic Opening Ceremony Outfit: Dumb and Dumber Gloves description: The special Ralph Lauren gloves worn by Team USA at the Olympics Opening Ceremony are reminding people of Jim Carrey in 'Dumb and Dumber.' canonical: https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-10T03:35:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:30.784Z og:title: Team USA's Opening Ceremony Gloves Look Very Familiar og:description: The Internet thinks the gloves are straight out of this popular comedy movie og:url: https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f96058ed5f8322/69892703db2987008325eb79/team-usa-olympics-2018-gloves.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4227 og:image:height: 2378 og:image:alt: 2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Team USA's Opening Ceremony Gloves Look Very Familiar twitter:description: The Internet thinks the gloves are straight out of this popular comedy movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f96058ed5f8322/69892703db2987008325eb79/team-usa-olympics-2018-gloves.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Team USA's Opening Ceremony Gloves Remind Everyone of One Man and One Man Only > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Quinn Rooney—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 10, 2018 3:35 AM UTC The U.S. [Winter team Olympic outfits](http://time.com/5113279/winter-olympics-2018-opening-ceremony-outfits/) this year include sets of custom Ralph Lauren suede gloves that have caught the attention [of the internet](http://time.com/5142016/team-usa-fringed-gloves-memes-olympics-2018/). For good reason: the tan suede stands out against the subdued and traditional red, white and blue of the rest of the athletes’ apparel, and the distinctive fringe detailing and Olympics-specific beading makes them especially eye-catching. So maybe it was no surprise that the U.S. Olympic team gloves fueled plenty of jokes. But many viewers drew a parallel between the 2018 gloves and one particular classic costume in film history: Jim Carrey’s character Lloyd Christmas in the original 1994 comedy lead many to call them [_Dumb and Dumber_](http://time.com/3587769/dumb-and-dumber-to-box-office-jeff-daniels-jim-carrey/) gloves. ## Can I buy the Team USA gloves? Unfortunately, the exact style is [already sold out](https://www.ralphlauren.com/men-olympics-feat?ab=en%5FUS%5FHP%5FSlot%5F1%5FS1%5FImage%5FSHOP) on the Polo Ralph Lauren website. That said, similar styles can be found on eBay and in winter apparel stores; as we’ve seen thanks to Jim Carrey, this is a classic look that’s been around for a while. > [](https://twitter.com/ZaackHunt/status/962148183836119041) > [](https://twitter.com/RealChrisWhalen/status/962148180933607424) > [](https://twitter.com/jerilyn%5Fosborn/status/962148141586935810) > [](https://twitter.com/sethteel/status/962157839535038464) > [](https://twitter.com/crystalpadley/status/962157317713219584) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FThe%5FDude1/status/962151532023005185) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/"},"headline":"Team USA's Opening Ceremony Gloves Remind Everyone of One Man and One Man Only","datePublished":"2018-02-10T03:35:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:30.784Z","description":"The special Ralph Lauren gloves worn by Team USA at the Olympics Opening Ceremony are reminding people of Jim Carrey in 'Dumb and Dumber.'","url":"https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f96058ed5f8322/69892703db2987008325eb79/team-usa-olympics-2018-gloves.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f96058ed5f8322/69892703db2987008325eb79/team-usa-olympics-2018-gloves.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony","caption":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony","creditText":"Quinn Rooney—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5142787/ralph-lauren-gloves/","name":"Team USA's Opening Ceremony Gloves Remind Everyone of One Man and One Man Only"}}]}] ```