Re: costumes
Hee...fun thread here.
I really loved S&P's Love Story costumes--Well, not exactly. Jamie's dress was a nice change from a lot of the over-frilly, overstated costumes, but not wonderful. However, David's outfit was
perfect. I just loved the different shades of grey on him, and the little sweater vest over the collared shirt. Actually, David always looks really classy, and elegantly simple--IMHO, he consistently has the best costumes for the male half of all the eligible pairs. I do like how S&P's costumes coordinate very well--and I liked her dress for this year's SP very much.
While we're on pairs...Elena's Meditation dress is gorgeous (Anton's outfit is okay, but I'm getting tired of all this thin, dip-dye, flowy fabric. ); Shen & Zhao's LP costumes are nicely understated, but, while I highly enjoyed their exhibition, their neon pink & green costumes had me shaking my head. (looked like they belonged in the late 80s/early 90s 8o ) The other Chinese pair (forgot if it was Pong& Tong or Zhang& Zhang) who wore black w/ shiny bronze decorations looked like they were imitating Yagudin, but not pulling it off quite as well as he does. (BTW, once I figured out that it was a mask/face--took me half a min.--I really liked it; compared to a lot of other men/skaters in general, it is understated...fits w/ the program very well too, IMO) Oh, but the worst pairs costumes were Totmianina & Marinen's LP--the drabness just enhanced the slow, boring, uninspiring feeling of the program. (but who can forget the amazing stretchy arm!? :lol: I'll forgive them for those costumes just because that was so hysterical...)
As for dance, I actually sort of like A&P's "I have a dream" costumes--but did anyone notice that Yoshie Onda totally borrowed Anissina's dress for her LP?? I appreciated that L&A's destructed costumes actually had meaning and unity w/ the program behind it, but otherwise I dislike long, ripped, thin fabric hanging down--which dance teams seem to love.
OTOH, I always dislike Shae-Lynn's outfits (especially the OD this year--yucky huge pink ruffle on side, and didn't look at all spanish...), which usually aren't "shredded". Naomi L & Peter T look thankfully conservative compared to other dance teams, and I like their FD rock costumes.(although, anyone notice that all the pairs/dance exhibition costumes looked similar to this: red dress for women (possibly leather), black leather pants & white shirt or somesuch for men. Not a bad style, IMO, but got a bit overused...) Liked Drobiazko & Vanagas's Worlds FD costumes much more than the Olympics ones (still not so great) and liked their exhibition outfits very much--maybe mostly because the blue was such a welcome change from all that red, black & white.
Look at the long post--and I haven't even started on ladies and mens singles! That had better wait for another time....
The writer himself gave a "thumbs down" to Michelle's Olympic SP because the costume looked to him like a Roman gladiator outfit. So, all those years of training, winning bunches of world gold and silver medals, spending tens of thousands of dollars for Vera Wang costumes, and all the average viewer cares about are earrings and whether your costume looks like something Russell Crowe would wear.
