Skating Costumes

As we were watching the Ice Dance finals last night, the topic of costumes came up along with twizzles, technical marks and artistry. How could we go an entire Olympics without any commentary of fashion blunders? Lord knows that Johnny Weir would keep his opinions to himself!

Like any other trend, they are cyclical. Luckily the current trends are more sophisticated and allow most of the attention to go to the skater. We saw lots of tuxedos and elegant skirts. But some of these Buzzfeed photos show that was not always the case - even on a world level. The 80's and 90's were merciless in fashion faux pas. Here are just a few fails.

Katarina Witt '86

Rahkamo & Kokko '95

Torvill & Dean '87

Vasiliev & Valova '88

Platov & Grishuk '96

Surya Bonaly '93