The Winter Olympics XXI, hosted in Vancouver this year, officially starts tonight with the opening ceremonies and ski jumping preliminaries! But forget about the luge, ice hockey or bobsled; what we’re waiting to see at the 2010 Winter Olympics are the costumes worn in the ice skating events. From glamorous costumes (think Nancy Kerrigan) to more garish outfits (think ice nemesis, Tonya Harding), watching the sport for the outfits alone is reason enough.

 These flashy costumes, that can cost thousands of dollars, are designed months, even a year, in advance to fit with the athlete’s music, personality and style. To a professional skater, wearing the right skating outfit is no different than choosing the perfect Oscar gown for a movie star. Even celebrity clothing designer, Vera Wang, has made costumes for some of the top contenders in the sport such as Evan Lysacek, Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan. Wang reports that the costumes must sparkle from every angle like an evening dress yet hold up to the strains of working out hard, a tall order.

 There are no fictional characters who can rock a sequined bodysuit better that Chazz Micheal Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy in the 2007 comedy, .  These two rival Olympic ice skaters (played by Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, respectively) team up as an unlikely skating pair after being banned from single competition. You can create your own hysterical tribute to this laugh-out-loud farce by creating your own costumes. Just bedazzling some Lycra workout wear with rhinestones and spangles and you’ll have all the confidence you need to throw a triple Salcow jump. Add a long brown wig or perfectly-coiffed pretty boy blonde wig, headbands and face paint (all found through Costume Machine) to create a perfect 10 ice skating costume!