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I wonder if the lady-in-blue trend will be broken for the next Olympics.
I doubt it. Russia will make all their gold medal contenders wear blue. Adelina probably already has a blue dress ready to go...
I wonder if the lady-in-blue trend will be broken for the next Olympics.
I wonder if the lady-in-blue trend will be broken for the next Olympics.
People normally don't turn away while they congratulate somebody.
I like both Kim and Mao, so I'm not trying to be hater. I just confused by what happened.
But Sarah Hughes wasn't wearing blue ... she wore lavender.
Was it lavender...? Or was it lilac?
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Michelle looks great in indigo in your avatar.
People normally don't turn away while they congratulate somebody.
I like both Kim and Mao, so I'm not trying to be hater. I just confused by what happened.
... I quit.
Going off into a tangent here, but fabrics can't be dyed with blue indigo. They have to be turned into something called leuco indigo first. The fabrics turn blue when washed with water and are allowed to react with the oxygen in the air.
Yes, I know, it's very interesting.
Sheesh. Why do some people feel the need to read too much from people's reactions and body language and assume the worst? :disapp: Like Yuna's tears, for instance. They're saying it's gotta be because she got silver or was second to Miki. Puhlease....
May I ask how you came across this knowledge? First hand experience or just random research?
... I quit.
Going off into a tangent here, but fabrics can't be dyed with blue indigo. They have to be turned into something called leuco indigo first. The fabrics turn blue when washed with water and are allowed to react with the oxygen in the air.
Yes, I know, it's very interesting.
It was part of a "Dyeing fabrics" experiment in a lab class I took.
But going back to costumes, does anyone know why Yuna chose black dresses for all three of her programs?
I notice people who look impressive in black because I look awful in it--washed out and as if I've given up on life--and I never wear it. Not even black velvet.
. It's harder to imagine some coltish baby ballerina wearing black: she'd have less success carrying it off.
Instead of trying to get more color on me, I just put more color in my clothing. When I want to see people looking dramatically good in black, I look at skaters like YuNa. Porcelain skin, indeed!
I think one thing about black as a skating costume is that it looks more adult. (Deep colors like burgundy and midnight blue have the same effect.) To me, this conveys artistic maturity and leads me to expect a smoother style, better command of technique, and deeper interpretation of the music. It's harder to imagine some coltish baby ballerina wearing black: she'd have less success carrying it off.
I'm with you, Lilith11, about Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead. Thanks for the link; I'm listening right now. For a guy who was a piano specialist, he's an astonishing orchestrator, isn't he? His Second Symphony also has a lot of wonderful sections. And you're right: The Isle of the Dead could definitely be skated wearing black--and it had better be skated by someone who can call up a bit of mystery and depth. I generally think of Rachmaninoff as nocturnal: all blacks and deep midnight blues.
Since we're suggesting music...I think there's some lovely Rimsky-Korsakov that's ripe for skaters, for instance some of the music from his orchestral suite of the opera Le Coq d'Or. Unlike this Rachmaninoff, the Rimsky-Korsakov is brighter, happier, and more varied in rhythm.