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Greg Evans
Jul 27, 2021
With the Tokyo Olympics well underway, people are already looking forward to the next Olympics which is due to take place in Paris in 2024.
Now we can’t possibly know what might happen in those games but the logo for the event has resurfaced on Twitter in recent days for no other reason than that it looks like a woman wearing lipstick with a very stylised haircut.
🥇🔥🇫🇷 La médaille, la flamme, Marianne. Voici le nouveau visage des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de #Paris2024… https://t.co/nDUmHSgZof— Paris 2024 (@Paris 2024) 1571682295
The logo, released in 2019, actually pays tribute to Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic but Twitter being Twitter couldn’t resist comparing it to other famous haircuts and you know what? It’s actually pretty funny.
The Paris 2024 Olympics emblem has the eternal spirit of Carly Rae Jepsen. https://t.co/fKu8aK9xcs— Tony Gomez (@Tony Gomez) 1571688634
Of course you’re all wrong! Paris 2024 logo is based on Victoria Beckham in 2007. https://t.co/4CHJSUO2Qj— Felipe Vieira (@Felipe Vieira) 1627068980
I can’t believe the Olympic Committee have confirmed that the Paris 2024 logo is heavily inspired by Penelope Redd.… https://t.co/3oZL8ZumBi— Rachel 🪆 (@Rachel 🪆) 1627303133
The #Paris2024 logo as female icons 1) Nessa Jenkins https://t.co/3vsCRv80zD— beardy boy (@beardy boy) 1571730841
4) Rihanna https://t.co/cjJcOq1kSA— beardy boy (@beardy boy) 1571730846
All I can see is her https://t.co/PwTvPTkydT— Cody Dericks (@Cody Dericks) 1627217214
@Paris2024 @nicokont https://t.co/LKfpXINoOP— Grigoris Thanásoulas (@Grigoris Thanásoulas) 1571720568
Swiping left on this Olympics logo #Paris2024 https://t.co/k3eXF9e5q0— James Fenton (@James Fenton) 1571738093
It should also be pointed out that when bidding for the Olympics, Paris used a rather clever Eiffel Tower-logo to make the number 24 but for some reason went with the haircut one instead.
Feels like a good time to remind the timeline that Paris 2024 had literally the perfect logo that represented the n… https://t.co/xL0hFx6fwj— Chris Williams (@Chris Williams) 1627051750
Either way, at least Paris has already found a way to get people talking about their Olympics. Good to get a head start, we say.
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