Stella McCartney has joked that her "little workout regime" did nothing to inform her work when designing the Olympic Games kit.
The British fashion designer's highly-anticipated collection was launched at the Tower of London yesterday and will be worn by UK sports professionals at this summer's London 2012 Olympic Games.
Stella has laughed off claims her own sports knowledge came into play when creating the gear."Ha ha! Not at all! When it comes to the Olympic athletes, my little workout regime doesn't even begin to compare!" she laughed in an interview to Grazia.
"It's a vastly different thing, and that, of course is where Adidas come in, with all their technical expertise and the way they are developing the amazing performance boosting technology in terms of fabrics, and things like that."
Stella has spoken about the considerations that went into designing the costumes. The star's expertise was limited after taking many other things into account.
"Firstly, it's Great Britain – so it's me as a British person thinking – what do we want to represent the nation? Then there are all the technical things – to help the athletes' performance, but also there are strict Olympic rules and regulations of certain things you're not allowed to do," she explained. "Then you've got the athletes' feedback and opinions to take on board – like gymnasts for example, the nature of their event means the design on their leotard would influence how they were judged in the competition.
"Honestly – it's so complex, you've got so many factors to consider, by the time it comes to me as a designer and how it looks – you've only got certain options left of what you can do!"
Meanwhile, Stella has responded to critics who claim the designs don't feature enough red.
Stella featured a purely blue flag on the kits – which angered many patriotic fans.
"I see many feel as strongly about the Union flag as I do! The design actually uses more red & shows more flag than any Team GB kit since '84 (sic)," she wrote on her Twitter page.
Stella is the first fashion designer to create the Olympic costumers and was appointed Team GB Creative Director by sports brand adidas two years ago.
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