OT - UGLY Figure Skating outfits??!!

Is it me, or are the outfits worn by the figure skaters this year (esp.
the ladies) about the ugliest ever? After the men's competition last

Lauri...

I won't continue to read the thread because I'm afraid someone will
mention results and I haven't seen how the ladies have done. The
costumes were't too bad in the ladies' short program; hopefully the
long will be OK.

The truly horrible outfits were in Ice Dancing. Good lord; there must
have been some crack-smoking involved during the design process. I
think it was the Italian team who had the horrible brown outfits
covered in glitter and big swooping tuquoise swathes of fabric. And
one of the ice dancing ladies had what was basically white fringed
pasties, along with a little fringed pasty triangle over her nether
regions. Yikes! It wasn't too many years ago that the ice dancing
teams wore simple, elegant costumes. These gaudy new getups really
detracted from the enjoyment--it was difficult to appreciate the

Margarita Salt...

Ooo! Do the couple who did Romeo and Juliet. I actually liked that
one.

Naw... how about that white and white Ali Babi number. How's the DW's

Userb3...

I haven't seen the pics yet, but she's convinced it'll be a hit.

bod looking these days?

Userb3...

She's a lovely woman - always has been, always will be.

Margarita Salt...

Then here ya go! They won gold, but the costumes are definitely last
place.

ahmward...

Those outfits deserve recognition on Go Fug Yourself.

skating when my eye was staring at the hideous garb.

Lauri in WA

week, with all the sequins, cut-out sleeves, spider-man spider webbing
and trailing chiffon sleeves, I thought it could not get any worse,
then there was ice dancing - how many pseudo flamenco outfits can one
take, never mind the Tammy Faye Baker-esque makeup on the ladies:
then, I saw the ladies short program. Yuck!! With the possible
exception of one Italian skater (forgot her name, but she's US former
pairs skater John Zimmerman's wife), who wore a classy white skating
dress with modest cutouts, sequins where needed, and free flowing hair,
it seemed like each ladies costume was worse than the next. And they
all looked pasty except for Sasha Cohen; perhaps they need to borrow
the makup artists for the ice dancers. For example:
- The three Japanese skaters, one one in black tights, one in a wired
white collar thing, and one in an off the shoulder reddish blackish
thing that looked faded - bad hair on all;

Phoenix...

Yeah, the Japanese costumes were hideous.

- The Ukranian in the Ugly orange sequined dress and bowl cut;

Charlie Perrin...

IMHO, the only one that should be wearing orange is the Netherlands
Olympic team.

- Irinia Slutskaya's unbecoming black sequined yoga pants look;

Phoenix...

I really like Irina in pants. It suits her skating style perfectly, and
for some reason she looks more feminine than when she wears the
tradtional skating skirt.

Charlie Perrin...

I did like that change of pace.

- Kimmie Meisner's sequined corset/stripey dress

Phoenix...

That was bad.

- Emily Hughes plain blue outfit was matronly and didn't match her
energetic skating, although perhaps she didn't have time to have a new
one made.

Phoenix...

I could see her in pants, too, and looking very good. The frilly fairy
skirts don't work on her at all.

Charlie Perrin...

It's traditional enough, and at least it's red, white, and/or blue.

I swear, Sasha Cohen looks better in her red and black practice outfits
than in the wierd blue outfit she had on. She looks like a beautiful
porcelain doll and deserves a beautiful outfit to match; I would
prefer red or white. Either is a great match with a gold medal!

Phoenix...

She will be wearing red tonight. It's her colour.

bel