Is fashion the point of the Olympics, the global, culture-defining athletic tournament that dates all the way back to the Panhellenic era? No. But during the Milano Cortina opening ceremony\u2019s Parade of Nations\u2014where 2,900 athletes representing 92 national Olympic committees entered the San Siro stadium led by sign-holding models wearing silver-lam\u00e9 puffer ballgowns and sunglasses so ridiculously large that it felt like they could swan dive headfirst straight into a solar flare without a care in the world\u2014style briefly took the spotlight from sport. (A tribute to Giorgio Armani<\/a> and<\/em> a catwalk moment from Vittoria Ceretti<\/a> also helped.)<\/p>\n But what teams, medal potential be damned, achieved both feats of strength and<\/em> of fit? Below, our best-dressed Olympic nations.<\/p>\n Brazil<\/p>\n Mattia Ozbot\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Brazil may have never won an Olympic medal for the Winter Games, but their opening-ceremony looks won gold on Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s first-ever compilation of this hyper-specific list. (That\u2019s got to be worth something, right?)<\/p>\n Designed by Moncler and Brazilian creative director Oskar Metsavaht, it not only included puffer jackets, but puffer skirts, puffer capes, puffer Bermuda shorts and puffer flat-brim hats. Some jackets were even lined with the Brazilian flag. Also, one guy did a backflip in his which made them infinitely cooler than everyone else\u2014as spontaneous backflips tend to do.<\/p>\n Czech Republic<\/p>\n