Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek's Figure Skating Costume Designed by Vera Wang
Posted on February 25, 2010
Evan Lysacek won a men's figure skating gold medal for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Lysacek won wearing a black bodysuit designed by Vera Wang. The bodysuit included a silver jewel-encrusted snake.
Designer Vera Wang was at the Olympics. Vera Wang is a former figure skater and she says the 2010 Winter Olympics experience "was the Olympic moment" she never had.
Vera Wang told WWD, "It was just so exciting. The Olympics are something you can't really convey on TV. The entire stadium was screaming. They were waving American flags in the stands. It was the Olympic moment I never had, by the way. But one I certainly aspired to. Olympic fever has a whole different energy. At the USA House, I got to hang out with skaters, ski jumpers and all different athletes. It's so positive. It was kind of wonderful just to be there."
People reports that Vera Wang celebrated Evan Lysacek's victory with a party in Lysacek's honor at the USA House in Vancouver.