Frankly, I thought they were awesome. They put Lysacek’s physique and impeccable form right on display. In a sport that is  often campily over-the-top, compared to other costumes, Lysacek’s were restrained and dramatic. I mean, check out the costume of sore-silver-medalist Yevgeny Plushenko, he of the “he’s not manly enough because he has no quad” charge against Lysacek. He wore a black leotard bedazzled with red and white crystals in the long program and a black leotard with a deep-V neckline spangled with elaborate patterns in white crystals in the short program. Johnny Weir, he of the famed flamboyance and Edward Scissorhands pallor, wore black with pink corset lacing.

Weir doesn’t let the black go when he’s off the ice, though. Here is in his street clothes, with noted Mountie Stephen Colbert.

I would totally wear that.