RIskatingfan said:I just think it's absolutely pointless to pay a fortune for a dress or a costume to skate to a certain piece of music and then it doesn't have a thing to do with it. Like I said, it's the same than showing on the ice with sweat pants and a t-shirt. Only it probably doesn't appeal as much to the audience and it won't make the little girls in the US want to be a skater when they are older.... LOL
I still don't understand why you single out American ladies outfits as having nothing to do with the music. I see a lot of skaters from Europe, Japan, Russia, etc. that have costumes that don't relate to the music. Maybe it's because I'm American and don't have all the cultural references that they are interpreting the music with.
I just don't think it's fair to say the American ladies as a group don't have outfits that interpret the music. They look fine to me. I got the mood they were trying to convey. Again, the shredded fabric, the baubles, the fake nudity, the simple dresses or the elaborate dresses are all a style preference within each skater's frame of reference.
Regarding the obvious costumes: I'm not saying that they have to have a swan stuck on their costume to skate to Swan Lake or even a tutu, but those are the only ones that literally match the music. Everything else is going to be interpretation, and we won't all intrepret things the same way. I personally would much rather see them in something other than the obvious and try something different.