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I certainly remember Kim's dress. It just seemed like the perfect Olympic dress and it and her whole look just screamed "Champion" to me.
Top 10 Iconic Ladies dresses of all time
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I always thought that Kim's 2009-10 SP dress was the more interesting and memorable of her costumes that year. It's gorgeous and unique. The blue one is pretty but more conventional.
But the first thing that comes to mind when iconic dresses are mentioned is of course Peggy Fleming's beautiful chartreuse dress from 1968. Such a striking look.
But the first thing that comes to mind when iconic dresses are mentioned is of course Peggy Fleming's beautiful chartreuse dress from 1968. Such a striking look.
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I would never have guessed that the word iconic could be the source of such debate and precious commentary. Definitions can be flexible, maybe just let people have their own definition without the snippiness!?
I don't see the snippiness, just normal disagreement over something that is ultimately subjective. As for the definition, the thread isn't titled "Favorite dresses of all time." It is "Iconic dresses." There is a difference.
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I agree. It's fun to see new skating fans who only know Yuna and Mao. My tired old *** has been around since Dorothy Hamill!!!! lol But yeah, I don't remember any of Yuna's dresses. Ergo, not iconic.
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It's so funny to see that you assume that Yuna and Mao fans started watching figure skating just after the skaters' careers began. No, since 1992, I've watched figure skating, mostly ladies though (ironically the judging controversies on pairs in 2002 ignited my love for the discipline), I don't remember any of Kwan's dresses specifically. According to your theory, ergo, her dresses not iconic at all.
While some of her dresses seem nice, they look all same to me because of the colors and similar designs for her similarly choreographed programs. Maybe that's because her performances are not my cup of tea, so I didn't have a thrilling moment from her performances and don't rewatch her programs except in case for reviewing a whole competition including her and many others. As a result, her costumes are all blurry in my memory. I guess the same thing happens to you. Besides, show some respect! If so called "new skating fans" started watching the sport, let's say since 2005 or 06 or even since 2010, well, it is hardly being called "new skating fans, over 10 years, a decade, wow. Time flies really fast, doesn't it? You're just one old timer, that's all. New skating fans have different perspectives and fresh attitudes that some of old timers do not want to take, perhaps including me though. At least we should try to embrace all kind of perspectives as you know.
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Yeah, there's been plenty of snippiness here and plenty of disregard for others opinions on what's iconic and what is not. No need for it really. And yes, I did see the title of the thread.
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Oh she was so beautiful in that dress and in general. I recall her white negligee look. What is she doing now?
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Katarina Witt - Carmen
Kristi Yamaguchi - black & golden dress at Albertville
Oksana Baiul - Black Swan
Nancy Kerrigan - Lillehammer SP B/W dress
Tara Lipinski - Anastasia
Surya Bonaly - The Four Season dress worn at Nagano, that backflip...
Chen Lu - Adios Nonino red dress at Nagano
Sara Hughes - The lavender dress (her SP dress was also gorgeous, but no strong image)
Sasha Cohen - Romeo & Juliet worn at Torino
Shizuka Arakawa - Turandot (weird design, but unforgettable)
Irina Slutskaya - jumpsuits worn at Torino
Yuna Kim - James Bond, Gershwin Concerto
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List
Kristi Yamaguchi - black & golden dress at Albertville
Oksana Baiul - Black Swan
Nancy Kerrigan - Lillehammer SP B/W dress
Tara Lipinski - Anastasia
Surya Bonaly - The Four Season dress worn at Nagano, that backflip...
Chen Lu - Adios Nonino red dress at Nagano
Sara Hughes - The lavender dress (her SP dress was also gorgeous, but no strong image)
Sasha Cohen - Romeo & Juliet worn at Torino
Shizuka Arakawa - Turandot (weird design, but unforgettable)
Irina Slutskaya - jumpsuits worn at Torino
Yuna Kim - James Bond, Gershwin Concerto
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List
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It will come as no surprise that I'd choose to add Maria Butyrskaya's Swan Lake Dress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjg5mgk7onY
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For me, iconic dresses are memorable because of what the athlete accomplished wearing them or because of the situation surrounding their skate.
I would count Yuna's Gershwin as iconic because of how stand out her performance was, she stepped on the ice and you knew just by looking at her that she was going to deliver. I think Lip's dress is pretty iconic in that it will be what people associate her with for a long time and was fitting without being cheesy.
Nancy's Olympic dress is iconic because of the whole Nancy-Tanya situation and the fact that Vera Wang designed it.
I would consider Michelle's Lyra Angelica dress iconic because of the simplicity of it combines with the perfection of her performance. I also think her Fields of Gold exhibition dress is iconic because of her heartbreaking performance and how it represented how close she had come to her dream.
I would count Yuna's Gershwin as iconic because of how stand out her performance was, she stepped on the ice and you knew just by looking at her that she was going to deliver. I think Lip's dress is pretty iconic in that it will be what people associate her with for a long time and was fitting without being cheesy.
Nancy's Olympic dress is iconic because of the whole Nancy-Tanya situation and the fact that Vera Wang designed it.
I would consider Michelle's Lyra Angelica dress iconic because of the simplicity of it combines with the perfection of her performance. I also think her Fields of Gold exhibition dress is iconic because of her heartbreaking performance and how it represented how close she had come to her dream.
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Queen Elizabeth wins it all http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-crowds-gather-to-watch-queens-90th-birthday/
2 Things I noted looking at that:
1) Oh my goodness - the poor guard that collapsed, I hope he's okay
2) Remember when Prince William was cute, what happened to that? He is not aging well
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Yes, but how's her triple axel?
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if she is not in the running because she doesn't have a triple axel, most of the ladies aren't either...
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erm.. i was just making a joke in a thread that is actually open to interpretation 
why not just enjoy it 
as far as I know, no 90 year old woman can land a double axel, nor even a single jump.... so the queen at 90, not only has an iconic dress, but is perhaps just as good at figure skating than anybody in her age group hahahahaha
why not just enjoy it as far as I know, no 90 year old woman can land a double axel, nor even a single jump.... so the queen at 90, not only has an iconic dress, but is perhaps just as good at figure skating than anybody in her age group
hahahahaha
