Amanda Dlamini has played more than 100 times for the South African women's soccer team, but when she took to the field at the Rio Olympics she was a "hot mess".Her kit was baggy, bulky and downright ugly - and Dlamini said the players, who lost two and drew one of their games without scoring a goal, were uninspired by what they had to play in."They [officials] will say it's not about [the kit], but when you look at the other athletes, it's about the confidence. The playing kit was just ... I don't know. Can we have kit that can fit? Playing kit was just a disaster. I don't know if they considered us as players or maybe not," she said. She agreed with Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's comment that the kit had "no swag"."For us, it felt like they just cut out pieces of cloth and put something together. We were just not there in terms of the tracksuit. It makes us feel like a hot mess because we're trying so hard to make it look good ... If we want to trade kit with other nations, who will want to take our tracksuits or kit if it looks like that?" said Dlamini.South Africa's most decorated Olympian, Chad le Clos, agreed. Le Clos, who arrived home this week with two silver medals, said he preferred the white tracksuit he had worn at the 2012 London Olympics, where he took gold."Maybe that's why I didn't win this time, no white tracksuits. They should bring the white ones back," laughed Le Clos. He said the tracksuit this year did not have the greatest fit. "They definitely need to do something better next time. They need to improve the cut and make it fit better. I don't worry too much about the tracksuits. I just go there to swim. It would be nice to look nice for a change," said Le Clos.Designers to the stars and famous clothing labels have knocked the South African Olympic team's tracksuit, dismissing it as "sloppy" and a "confidence killer".Designers such as David Tlale and JJ Schoeman expressed shock at the tracksuits. "The world thinks right now that South Africa doesn't have an ounce of creativity ," said Tlale.Schoeman was equally critical. "Those tracksuits are really sloppy. Oversized like hip-hop gangsta style. One size fits all. Tracksuits are cool, but can they please fit well, flatter those gorgeous athletic physiques and have a bit of imagination."Wandi Nzimande, founder and creative director of clothing label Loxion Kulca, said: "We would have appreciated the opportunity to design the team gear and the first thing we would do is to give our athletes presence, a heroic look."The track pants are too baggy and most superheroes are in tight gear. We have a very colourful flag and the use of colour was not great."We have capable designers in our stable and the country has a large pool of designers ... We are going to work on a proposal to redesign the gear. We are not going to wait for an invite or tender," said Nzimande...