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Reptilian bedazzlement: Gold medalist Evan Lysacek from the U.S.A. sports some sparkly snakes on his black onesie. Very Snakes on a Plane meets Ice Castles meets Matrix. And how bout that hair? Apparently he needed to use one more bottle of Dep gel because during his sit spins I saw a clump of it go out of place.
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Feathers or any decolletage of the aviary variety: Johnny Weir is no stranger to fashion. Hell, he once skated in Rodarte knits. For his free program, he gives an angel wing effect on his costume – showing us that he can fly. How poetic…and literal.
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Nude effects: The cutouts on figure skating costume give the illusion that you are seeing skin – but it’s nude pantyhose material (as China’s Tong Jian shows us). Talk about being a tease.
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Sparkly trompe l’oeil effects: Silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko presents us another figure skating costume trick: the fake glimmery vest and tie combo. It looks like something I wore in show choir.
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Billowy sleeves with lots of give: Being in awkward, rapid spinning movements calls for puffy sleeves a la Pirates of the Caribbean -and Switzerland’s Stephane Lambiel knows how to rock it.
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Clowns: We would like to thank Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy for showing us a new erotic position done clown-style.
Heavage: Chest, chest and more chest. Man cleavage runs rampant and it will forever be a trend on the ice. Thank you Jeremy Barrett (left) and Zhao Hongbo for showing us how it’s done.
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