United States women’s figure skater Alysa Liu just won the gold medal in the free skate at the Winter Olympics 2026 in Milan with the perfect dress to match.
The 20-year-old Olympian previously wore a white dress with a silver-embellished hemline, but today she delivered a gold-medal winning performance to "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer and earned her spot at the top of the podium wearing a gold frock to match the occasion. Liu's one-shoulder look also featured embellishments across the bodice and her signature fringed skirt.
Previously, Liu also made a small adjustment to the original look she wore when she started the Olympics. For the February 17 free-skate event, the athlete opted to change the high neckline of her dress to a lower, square one.
Alysa Liu is known for her alt style, complete with halo-ring hair, thick eyeliner, and a smiley piercing. It only makes sense that the skater opted for a style to boost her gold-winning routine. And she switched from her pinned-up hairstyle to a ponytail for her performance, which allowed her dyed hair to sway with her skating.
Liu made sure to let her hair down for the medal ceremony, though, with her halo rings and jellyfish-esque layers on full display. She was joined on the podium by Japan's Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai, who took silver and bronze, respectively.
Lauren Servideo wrote in an op-ed for Teen Vogue: “What Liu offers isn’t so much a single look as an overall attitude. Perhaps her stylistic rebellion gives her freedom within the highly structured environment. For those of us girls who may never stand on the Olympic podium, she carries the torch for the ones who hiked up their uniform skirts at Catholic school and pierced their own ears.”
