This women's blazer was manufactured by the Woolmark Company as part of the business uniform for Games Force personnel at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. (Games Force was the accredited workforce for the Sydney 2000 Games.) It is one of the few elements of the uniform to be manufactured by a company other than Bonds. The blazer was teamed with taupe trousers or a taupe skirt, a business shirt and a scarf, and was worn by Games Service personnel, including senior managers and protocol advisers. The 2000 Paralympic Games logo, which echoes the Opera House and Paralympic torch, is embossed in gold thread on the breast pocket. This item contributes to the other items remaining from Games Force 2000.

Games Force 2000 was the accredited workforce for the Sydney 2000 Games, and provided the skilled and unskilled labour that supported operations for Olympic venues and events. Local clothing manufacturers, Bonds, Gloster, Davenport and the Woolmark Company collaborated to develop uniforms that would meet the diverse requirements of the GamesForce team.

Bonds designed its casual yet practical Games Force uniforms around the official motif, "Fluid Energy" (a wave-like pattern), and developed comparatively plain apparel for sports officials. In contrast, Davenport, Gloster and the Woolmark Company developed more formal items of clothing that included scarves, ties, business shirts and blazers. These identified official and administrative personnel within the Games Force team.

The Workforce Uniform Program distributed some 1.1 million items of clothing, including 200,000 polo shirts, 90,000 jackets, 158,000 pairs of trousers, and 142,000 pairs of socks. Clothing 80,000 GamesForce personnel, this was the largest uniform distribution program in Australian peacetime.

Designed by the Woolmark Company.

Made by the Woolmark Company for the Paralympics workforce uniform. Made in Fiji.

Unused

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.

Blazer, woman's, Paralympic GamesForce Uniform, wool and polyester, designed by the Woolmark Company, made in Fiji circa 2000

Blazer, woman's size '14' in navy wool with navy polyester lining. The blazer includes a collar with lapels, a left breast pocket, two front pockets at hip level. At the end of each sleeve are 3 navy buttons. Two navy buttons are sewn on the left-hand side with associated buttonholes on the right fasten the blazer. The lining is decorated with the Sydney 2000 and Woolmark logos. The Paralympics logo and text, 'Paralympic/ Games [3 water droplets]/ Sydney 2000', is machine stitched to the breast pocket in gold thread. On the inside of the jacket behind this pocket is a black rectangular label with white text 'Bonds'. A similar label with the white text 'Fabric Made in Australia' is sewn to the inside back at collar. Below this is a material loop. A rectangular piece of navy fabric is attached to the inside of the blazer below the left arm. A white manufacturer's label with care instructions is sewn into the left side seam. The Powerhouse Museum registration label is attached below this label.

Made: 1995 - 2005

2001/84/381

1995 - 2005

785 mm