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Kudos are in order for Stephane Lambiel, not just for becoming the back-to-back World gold medallist, but for being a proponent of diversity. Seems Stephane thought that India and Africa were not fairly represented in the mens' competition in Calgary, so he felt the need to re-imagine Vivaldi's Four Seasons as a wild animal extravaganza. Is it a zebra? Is it a tiger (the back is orange!)? Is it some heretofore undiscovered animal with sparkly blue arms? Stephane gets the prize for biggest gap between musical and costume concept. Stephane, you are a talented skater, an electrifying spinner, and you have a cute Swiss accent. Please stop making me cringe so, use some of your prize money to HIRE A BETTER COSTUME DESIGNER!
I don't get Emmanuel Sandhu (on so many levels, but I'm talking costume here). He's got an exotic look and the perfect dancer's body, he does not need to draw attention to himself with tacky costuming. His SP Tango costume was simple and sexy. Unfortunately, his LP costume, while not as bad as his spandex neon pink/black criss-cross pattern fiasco from last year, is still pretty much a debacle. Was it really necessary to choose the TIGHEST BLUE SPANDEX PANTS KNOWN TO MAN, showing us far more of his ass than we ever wanted to see? And I have no idea what's going on in the top half of the costume.
Brian Joubert gets multitudinous brownie points for successfully demonstrating my men's skating fashion category #2! Very nice athletic Matrix costume. While he does not have the lovely artistic quality of Jeff Buttle, Brian is an exciting skater to watch when he's on...(and cute)...
