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Olympic uniforms, then and now: cast your vote

From Hudsons Bay Company wool coats to cowboy hats, Team Canada Olympic uniforms from 1960 to now.

A look back at some of the best and worst Team Canada Olympic uniforms

Olympic ski cross gold medal winner Ashleigh McIvor sports her Hudsons Bay Company team jacket from Vancouver 2010. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

The Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Olympic Committee are set to unveil Team Canada's official uniforms for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Wednesday at an event in Toronto.

It marks the ninth timeHBC has served asofficial outfitter toCanada's Olympic team. The first was in 1936, and the company is under contract to supply the team until 2020.

For Sochi,HBCtweaked its popular red mitten design from the 2010 Vancouver Games and released the 2014 edition of the red Olympic mittens on Sept. 10.

Athletes will wear theuniforms at the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as in the Olympic Village and on the podium in the event of a medal win.

The new team uniforms will be unveiled at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday,marking100 days untilthe start of the Olympics in Russia.