Olympic opening ceremony pride for clothing company

Excited staff from Slough who work for Lee Cooper jeans company watched the Olympic opening ceremony with pride today, knowing they had kitted out the British Olympic team in their casual and formal wear.

As the Slough team watched the ceremony on a big screen at Brown's restaurant in Barry Avenue, Windsor they were joined by Lee Cooper's chief executive Stefaan Le Clair and marketing manager Andy Rigg.

The Lee Cooper formal wear collection was worn by the Olympic team at the opening ceremony and will be worn at the closing one. 

Simultaneously with the opening ceremony a charity fund raising auction was being held in Paris of special products specially created by Lee Cooper in colleboration with such famous brands as Mini-Cooper, Ora Ito, Paco Rabanne and Malcolm Mclaren.

Keep up to date with our local Olympicans' progress in the Beijing Games in our special Olympic Countdown section online. Find it by clicking on Sport, Other Sports and Olympic Countdown.