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Commonwealth Games embraces the ‘mankle’ in Gold Coast-inspired uniforms

When one thinks of the fashion that encapsulates the Gold Coast, images of tight shorts (thanks, Warwick Capper) and meter maids in gold bikinis spring to mind.

But on Friday, “mankles” (that is, men wearing tailored pants, sans socks), boat shoes and shades of the 1980s’ Hypercolour T-shirt fad all came together in a symphony of everything great about the Gold Coast, Aboriginal art and…