Favorite Skating Costume of All Time

[Layback11]

Costumes have been a trending topic on the forum lately, so I wanted to join the party with yet another thread!

This is going to be a bit difficult, I think, but: what is your single favorite skating costume of all time? (To make it easier, you can have one per discipline. )

In my very short skating fanhood, it would have to be:

Ladies: Mao Asada, 2013-14 SP-"Nocturne", original version (a picture of her in that dress is actually my laptop screen )
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/ISU+Grand+Prix+Figure+Skating+Final+2013+2014+cDxE6QvYD7bl.jpg

Ice Dance: Ilinykh/Zhiganshin, 2013-14 FD: "Black Swan"
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos...russia-compete-in-the-ice-picture-id481246021

Men: Shoma Uno, 2015-16 FS-"Nessun Dorma", also known as "Leprechaun Rising"
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...f_Figure_Skating_Final_Shoma_Uno_IMG_9419.JPG

Pairs: I actually don't have one. I haven't seen anything I thought was super memorable yet, so someone else can have mine until I find one

 

[JuliaHols]

I think ladies would be Yulia's Schindler's List for me, for men....uh...Alexei Bychenko's Les Mis this year.
Ice dance...Tess and Scott's Carmen
And pairs I really dont know since i don't watch it much.
Lol they're all pretty recent

 

[Anni234]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Yuna Kim's Nessun Dorma dress is the most beautiful costume I have witnessed so far.

 

[alia jackson]

Yuzuru Hanyu's Étude #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

 

[lappo]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Yuna Kim's Nessun Dorma dress is the most beautiful costume I have witnessed so far.

This one and the Kiss of the Vampire dress are two masterpieces!!!

 

[iluvtodd]

Todd Eldredge's "First Knight" costume from 1996 Worlds - It's @ the Sports Museum @ the Boston Garden!
Fumie Suguri's "Jupiter" costume (navy blue/silver with some stars on it)
G&G - "Moonlight Sonata" costumes from 1994 Olympics
Meryl & Charlie's "My Fair Lady" costumes from 2014 US Nationals (I like Meryl's dress from that competition better than her Olympic dress for the same program.)

 

[Mathman]

http://www.oocities.org/wellesley/4558/951736e.jpg

 

[dreamsk8]

This was way before my time but still I love the simple beauty of Peggy Fleming's 1968 Olympic green long sleeve dress. It is an iconic dress to me :luv17:

 

[gotoschool]

For women: Either Mao Asada's Rach II costume at Sochi and Worlds 2014 (the deep blue reminds me of the fluidity of water and the ebb and flow of the ocean which I feel in the great emotion this performance inspires in me) or her
Bells of Moscow 2009-2010 costume ( (I love the contrast between the deep fiery red (blood and vitality) and black (death) since the musical composition was inspired by Rachmaninoff imagining himself being buried alive as a young man only 19 years old, the same age as Mao when she skated to it. I even like the choker that Mao wore because I think it was great at highlighting or framing her neck and face and it was attractive, dramatic and classy looking.

For men: Evgeni Plushenko Tribute to Nijinsky 2003-2004

 

[plushyfan]

For men: Evgeni Plushenko Tribute to Nijinsky 2003-2004

this one https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/465489311460800430/ or this one https://twitter.com/Zhenyaphoto_bot/status/735115650629177344 ?

 

[Mathman]

This was way before my time but still I love the simple beauty of Peggy Fleming's 1968 Olympic green long sleeve dress. It is an iconic dress to me :luv17:

Looking back, the most striking part is the long sleeves. Am I remembering right that it was Michelle Kwan, 30 years later, who popularized the sleeveless dress?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2FYCJy6Ia.../MHd5Gzx1hh4/s1600/peggy-fleming-olympics.jpg

http://kwanshrine.tripod.com/images/9823032.jpg

 

[desertskates]

Jenny Kirk's Chicago. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...y.jpg/220px-Jennifer_Kirk_2003_NHK_Trophy.jpg

 

[Skater Boy]

Yuzuru Hanyu's Étude #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

Wonderful Hanyu costumes though I think he could have skipped the obvious rhinestone detail. It would have been more sublime and less Vegas.

 

[Krunchii]

this one https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/465489311460800430/ or this one https://twitter.com/Zhenyaphoto_bot/status/735115650629177344 ?

For me it's the first one, I love the gold lattice design!

 

[hamaguri]

Pairs: I actually don't have one. I haven't seen anything I thought was super memorable yet, so someone else can have mine until I find one

For me, "Moonlight Sonata" by G&G ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY7HFPSmx8M&feature=player_detailpage) as iluvtodd says! To find this couple on youtube, i totally got into their beauty.
It seems that costumes cannot be independent from great performances. Most of memorable costumes are accompanied by briliant performances.

 

[matmuh]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Yuna Kim's Nessun Dorma dress is the most beautiful costume I have witnessed so far.

yes, yes and YES!

 

[ordinary person]

You might want to change costume into dress considering it's about dresses anyways.

 

[plushyfan]

For me it's the first one, I love the gold lattice design!

Yes, for me, too, but that was his Adagio costume in previous year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SK2bC7MaT0 This costume became more famous because of his legendary Nijinsky performance at Rus Nat, he wore it. Probably the new costume wasn't ready.

 

[Weathergal]

So difficult to just choose one, but I'll mention the first thing that popped into my head: Meryl Davis/Charlie White's 2010 OD costumes for their Bollywood routine. Very beautiful costumes and, from what I understand, both their costumes and choreography were prety authentic. I have rewatched that program many times and really enjoy it--and the costumes add to that enjoyment.

 

[Seren]

Yuna Kim's Kiss of the Vampire. Such a gorgeous and unusual dress.