Antigua Group Inc., a designer and marketer of lifestyle and golf apparel under the Antigua brand, was named provider for Team USA’s uniforms at the 2017 Solheim Cup.
The 2017 Solheim Cup will be held at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, IA from August 18-20.
Having created Team USA’s clothing at the last three Solheim Cups, working on the 2017 uniforms presented a challenge for Antigua designer Danielle Dellios, who used the traditional red, white and blue color scheme.
“Instead of coming up with designs that were solely ‘Americana’ in feeling, I decided to give the team a more sport-driven look,” said Dellios. The abstract prints in the new designs are a big change from the previous outfit presentation.
Team USA captain Juli Inkster has been very active with input on the uniform designs for both her winning team in 2015 in Germany and for the 2017 uniforms.
“She also loves to get American fans involved by asking them to wear red one day, white another day and navy blue the third day – to support the team’s efforts on the course,” said Dellios. “She has been fantastic to work with through the whole process.”
The Friday outfit for the first day of competition at the 2017 Solheim Cup features a red and white print Ascend polo is matched with the Ascend skort and short that sport a mirrored version of the same print, in white with red dots. The gradient dotted pattern creates an optical illusion.
The team will start Saturday’s matches wearing the Prize polo and skort. The polo features a zip placket, a solid white body with contrast navy color printed insets. The print pattern is reminiscent of all-over sequins, minus the metallic effect. The coordinating skort is printed all-over with solid white welt pockets and waistband. Both the polo and skort feature a stretch jersey knit fabric.
On Sunday, the team will don mostly white with an asymmetrical engineered printed navy and red triangle. The Pyramid polo features a snap placket with front and back printed panels. The Pyramid coordinating Pyramid short and skort feature the same print, with a star cut-out in the triangle pattern. The skort is made of a stretch jersey knit fabric, while the short is made from stretch twill woven fabric.
Photos courtesy Antigua
