This wet-weather jacket was manufactured by Bonds as part of the uniform for security personnel in Games Force 2000 - the accredited workforce for the Sydney 2000 Games. Around 3,500 people provided security services at the Games, working both in public and restricted areas. The Workforce Uniform Program distributed around 90,000 wet-weather jackets in the weeks preceding the Games.

Games Force 2000 was the accredited workforce that provided skilled and unskilled labour for most operations at the Sydney 2000 Games. Its team of 80,000 personnel, including volunteers, and contracted and paid staff, provided the most visible and some of the most essential services at the Games. In return, team members received complimentary transport to and from Sydney 2000 venues, complimentary meals when on duty, and a complete Games Force uniform.

The Australian clothing manufacturer, Bonds, was the official supplier of casual uniforms for the Sydney 2000 Games, and in this role it designed and manufactured over 1 million items of clothing for Games Force 2000. The resulting uniform distribution programme would be the largest in Australian peacetime.

Wendy Paulucci, Bonds' in-house designer, worked with SOCOG for three years to develop a uniform that would reflect the bright, casual, and essentially Australian mood of the Sydney 2000 Games. The Fluid Energy graphic - a swirling, concentric design -was fundamental to the look and image of the Sydney 2000 Games, and was a key visual element of the Games Force uniform. This theme appeared on all polo shirts and wet-weather jackets to unify the Games Force personnel and to complement the look of the Games.

Enhancing this motif was a vibrant colour palette that, "like the continent itself", was "a celebration of contrasts". This palette served to brighten the uniform and, most importantly, to delineate each of the service groups within the Games Force team. Sydney blue, the principal colour of the colour palette, was representative of games services; Sydney yellow of spectator services; Sydney purple of transport services; Sydney lime of security services; Sydney red of medical officials; Sydney indigo of technical officials; and Sydney aqua of SOBO - the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation. These colours appeared on the collars and sleeves of polo shirts and wet-weather jackets - key items within the basic uniform.

Aside from the polo shirt and wet-weather jacket, the basic Games Force uniform comprised drill trousers or drill skirt, a wide-brimmed hat and a hip bag. (Personnel wore their own shoes.) Additional accessories included water bottles, baseball caps and waterproof ponchos. A secondary range of casual clothing was designed for specific personnel, such as ball persons, tennis umpires, and badminton, boxing and wrestling referees. In addition, a formal uniform with drill trousers, business shirt, blazer and scarf or tie, served technical officials and games service personnel. Importantly, the overall image was bright, neat, casual and recognisable.

This jacket was designed by Wendy Paulucci at Bonds, April 2000 and manufactured by Bonds in Malaysia in 2000.

Made for and owned by the Olympic Coordination Authority/Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, and donated to the Powerhouse Museum after use in the Games.

Wet-weather jacket and packaging, Games Force uniform, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, nylon / polyester / plastic, designed by Wendy Paulucci, made by Bonds, Malaysia, 2000

Bonds nylon and polyester waterproof jacket with original packaging. The jacket is a size "L", blue with lime collar and hood. The hood has a drawstring nylon cord and can be folded away into a pocket in the back of the collar that fastens with blue Velcro. A cape covers the shoulders down to the chest at the front and the shoulder blades at the back of the jacket. The cape features the multicolored fluid energy design. In the middle of the back of the cape is the Opera House sails Sydney 2000 logo in silver. Below the cape on the front left side is the Sydney 2000 logo in red, yellow and white. The coat fastens with a sliver zip. The cuffs of the sleeves can be tightened with Velcro straps. On the right arm the panel down the outside of the arm is lime green, the panel on the inner side of the arm is blue. On the left arm both panels are blue. "Sydney 2000" is transferred vertically in white text down the length of the right arm; below this is a black and white Bonds label. The lower part of the jacket has one pocket on either side that open with flaps. The jacket is lined with black netting.

Packaging: Bag, clear plastic, rectangular. White adhesive label with barcode and black text "Casual Jacket / Olympic/ Lime L". Three holes along bottom of bag.

Made: Paulucci, Wendy; Australia; 2000

: Bonds Industries Limited; Malaysia

Jacket: Inside the jacket below the collar is a Bonds label featuring the multicolor fluid energy design and black text "This garment is proudly supplied / by Bonds, sharing your / commitment to the Games". "L" is on tab attached to the tag. Another tag appears in the left side seam, black text "Made in Malaysia / L". Care instructions are given on the reverse side of the label.

Packaging: White adhesive label with barcode and black text "Casual Jacket / Olympic/ Lime L".

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