Vancouver 2010 - Men's Figure Skating

Unless you do your best to ignore the media, you must have heard that many commentators have strong opinions about Men's Costumes in Figure Skating. Some say they are too feminine, that there is too much glitter and feathers. Me, it gives me something to show you, so why would I mind?

Once again, here are the Gwenyver Figure Skating Costumes Categories:

(Note: All pictures came from the Vancouver 2010 website)

Nice, but not all that memorable

Jeremy Abbott of the United States, Figure Skating

Stefan Lindemann of Germany - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Florent Amodio (France) - Figure Skating

Vaughn Chipeur of Canada - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Ooh! Nice! (Pretty is for girls.)

Vaughn Chipeur (Canada) - Figure Skating

I'm really sorry he fell, but look at the lovely design on the back of his shirt!

Tomas Verner of Czech Republic - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

I especially like that the stripes are on the diagonal on half of his waistcoat and straight on the other half. I feel inspired to make myself something similar!

Przemyslaw Domanski (Poland) - Figure Skating

Patrick Chan of Canada, Figure Skating

Patrick Chan of Canada, Figure Skating

Got to love the 18th century feel of this one!

Paolo Bacchini of Italy - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Denis Ten (Kazakhstan) - Figure Skating

What did I tell you about graded dye being in fashion!

Brian Joubert of France, Figure Skating

Brian Joubert of France, Figure Skating

They are wearing what?

Javier Fernandez of Spain - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Ahoy matey!

Gregor Urbas (Slovenia) - Figure Skating

Maybe it's just me, but hot pink for a guy just seams strange.

Abzal Rakimgaliev (Kazakhstan) -Figure Skating

Where's Waldo meets Poison Ivy!

Artem Borodulin of Russia - Figure Skating

The whole disco-cowboy thing is not my cup of tea.

Artem Borodulin of Russia - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Ri Song Chol (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) - Figure Skating

It's not that bad, but I can't help but be reminded of Cher's dress at the 67th Golden Globes Awards.

Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland, Figure Skating

This is actually quite nice and interesting, but it makes this category due to its costumey look; it is very Elizabethan in style.

Viktor Pfeifer (Austria) - Figure Skating

Viktor Pfeifer of Austria - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

Here, my problem is with the nude yoke; in my mind, it should be reserved for the women's dresses, to make them look sexy and skin bearing while really covering everything.

Nobunari Oda of Japan, Figure Skating

And again here (on an otherwise smashing costume).

Adrian Schultheiss of Sweden - Figure Skating (Men's Free Skating)

No offense to my friends in Germany, but what is it with the German skaters and really strange costumes?

Johnny Weir of the United States, Figure Skating

Nancy-Raven was asking me about the male skater who's been the talk of the media due to his feminine costumes: as you can see, he also found his inspiration in Cher's dress. But you can truly see why Alain Goldberg made the comments which where highly criticized in the next picture:

Johnny Weir of the United States, Figure Skating

I rest my case.

Podium

I didn't skip the Turquoise category, there are just none that fit in it, so why bother.

Bronze:

Daisuke Takahashi of Japan, Figure skating

Daisuke Takahashi of Japan, Figure skating

Daisuke, had you not been on the podium, this costume would find itself in the previous category. Who wears a sheer checkered shirt? But your first costume was awesome.

Silver:

Evgeni Plushenko (Russian Federation) - Figure Skating

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia, Figure Skating

Skate with attitude! Your costumes deserve Gold.

Gold:

Evan Lysacek of the United States, Figure Skating

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia, Evan Lysacek of the United States and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan, Figure Skating

Congratulations to all the male skaters. Up next: Ice Dance!

Note: Do you realize this is my first post featuring men only? The reference to Cher's dress doesn't count!