Pita Taufatofua , Tonga, cross-country skiing, PyeongChang 2018
“That was really iconic,” Francesca Ragazzi, head of editorial content at Vogue Italia, said of Pita Taufatofua when reviewing some of the best Winter Olympics outfits for Olympics.com. “(Pita) showed up in a skirt from Tonga, his own country, as a symbol of real pride, and let’s not forget it was minus 20 and he was shirtless with coconut oil to provoke the diversity and Western culture. So I think that was a very brave and important fashion message.”
