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What do you all think of Sasha's FS costume? I know some people think the back is "spidery" and ugly, but I like it!
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The back is good, the front part with the shoulder separation in fabric is ugly.
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I really like it. I think the pink at the bottom looks really nice and it moves really nice
Haha...I have mixed feelings. I thought the design was cool but it has nothing to do with the program...
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I love and always have loved over the boot tights. I also like skating in comfy pants where all I can see is just the toes of my skates. It’s a mood!!!
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Okay, you're right Plush vs. Yags could get too intense and awkward.
Moskvina and Mishin? Not sure about that. How about Yulia Lipnitskaya vs Adelina Sotnikova?
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I agree it has nothing to with the program but how many faux Renaissance dresses do we need haha
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Maria always had the best costumes, I agree. I don't like Valieva's or Rika's leggings. The upper portion of their costumes are beautiful. I hope changes are made.(Gotta jump in to this tights chat to get away from the drama chat...)
I must say - I don't even mind Kamila's FS costume this season (though I prefer tights either fully cover boots or fully tucked in). At least it looks delicate, perhaps with some careful designs...And most importantly - those black tights aren't fully black but somewhat transparent - so you still get to see the leg lines a bit, and also distinguish the tights from the dress.
Rika on the other hand...oh Rika...those fully black tights looks like training leggings...The leggins blend into the top, but still leaves a bunch of black strips dangling (the skirt part)...I saw somewhere that they designed it like that because she's doing a cartwheel? But I don't get the connection there. Her FS costume also looks junior-ish and a bit unfinished to me. Perhaps it has to do with lack of time.
Speaking of costume taste, the Russian lady that came to my mind was Maria Sotskova. She always had unique yet fitting designs, starting with her Vivaldi Winter program, Breakfast at Tiffany's, R&J, the blue butterfly dress (forgot program name)...very bold and thoughtful costumes!
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Canada vs US cup that's Borser vs Brian Boitano
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I guess I don't mind Kamila's as much because at least the tights blends with the overall costume. Rika's looks like they had her costume made then just threw some random tights over it. And now they've announced she's keeping that program for the Olympics. Imagine if she showed up to world's or Olympics with that. I'd cry.(Gotta jump in to this tights chat to get away from the drama chat...)
I must say - I don't even mind Kamila's FS costume this season (though I prefer tights either fully cover boots or fully tucked in). At least it looks delicate, perhaps with some careful designs...And most importantly - those black tights aren't fully black but somewhat transparent - so you still get to see the leg lines a bit, and also distinguish the tights from the dress.
Rika on the other hand...oh Rika...those fully black tights looks like training leggings...The leggins blend into the top, but still leaves a bunch of black strips dangling (the skirt part)...
Speaking of costume taste, the Russian lady that came to my mind was Maria Sotskova. She always had unique yet fitting designs, starting with her Vivaldi Winter program, Breakfast at Tiffany's, R&J, the blue butterfly dress (forgot program name)...very bold and thoughtful costumes!
I love the back and bottom of the dress a lot! I like the concept of it being black but the texture of the front part of the dress looks not quite right to me. The way the bottom swings with her skating is really pretty though.
Also, I thought I loved her original SP costume but I love the 2nd one even more. It's so feminine and such a pretty colour.
Well, not necessarily faux Renaissance, especially when she chose the soundtrack from the 1996 version.
Maria also skated to R&J, and her dress was simply about Red hidden under Blue (the two families), with red/blue lines cross over on the shoulder. The choice of material is wild but somehow resembles the period, and it's just an overall thoughtful costume. (No sparkles, no laces, no puff sleeves, yet I can immediately get the ideas behind
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I love the back of Sasha's dress. And my favorite dress of Maria's was her Claire de Lune Olympic dress, the lace looked so expensive and classy on camera, though I guess it might have just looked all gray from the stands. The butterfly dress was definitely a bold choice.
I think thats the point - the mood is comfy, not necessarily classy. I definitely preferred leggings that way in practice too, it's just not so refined for competition.
Aside from the costume, I really really really do hope Sasha get to choreograph a better program for next season. We haven't heard anything regarding them wanting to keep her FS, have we? This weird obsession for R&J seriously has to stop...even Daria can't get me to fully enjoy the music/program anymore.
Same for Anna. Really hope she gets better program next season. Some people felt good about her FS after Nationals, but I thought that was just because we were all moved by Anna herself her spirit, not the program. The three cuts still sound awful to me. (Honestly, I think unless a skater is at Yuzu level / has the money and effort to literally change and blend single notes to choreography...they should simply stay away from piecing multiple pieces of music together...)
Same for Anna. Really hope she gets better program next season. Some people felt good about her FS after Nationals, but I thought that was just because we were all moved by Anna herself her spirit, not the program. The three cuts still sound awful to me. (Honestly, I think unless a skater is at Yuzu level / has the money and effort to literally change and blend single notes to choreography...they should simply stay away from piecing multiple pieces of music together...)
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Yep, don't like the spider back at all. Not necessarily the entire concept of such a back, but I don't think it works, either with that specific costume, or her as a perform. I just know it doesn't really work, in my opinion.
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Yeah I feel that. For me classy and simple go hand in hand. One of my favorite competition dresses was Gubanova’s Summertime Blue Dress. I couldn’t believe the amount of criticism it received. For me it’s the definition of a classy look that avoids looking cluttered or too glitzy. Look nice but leave plenty of room for your skating to be center stage.
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I like her new SP dress. (I prefer the green one as a dress, but I agree the pink one suits the program better)
Also, I don't mind Sasha keeping her SP for next season!
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I like it but I prefer the green SP dress. That one was just exquisite. There's this weird patch on the side where like there are just a bunch of pieces kind of sewed in lines? I don't know how to describe it. It's not a bad dress by any means, it actually looks very pretty when she jumps, but I agree that it's kind of odd.
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I hope they're sensible with Sasha next year. I doubt they'll keep the Romeo and Juliet, I dont think its gotten rave reviews. I've said I hope they keep the short and keep working on her facial expressions, no need to start from square one again. For the long, I would ditch the attempt at elegance because she's going to be focused on her jumps no matter what. I'd just go for full on dynamic and let her do her thing.
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Besides Daria's SP (and maybe her FS) and Anna's FS none of the other Eteri girls's costumes have been fantastic this season IMO (actually add Adelya's SP to the list as well).
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