Mao really found a new style during that season. Different programs, costumes and even makeups. Those looks were so NOT her. It was fabulously shocking. Never have been so seductive and fashionable. Too bad it was the last season.I also love Mao's black Fire Dance costume, makeup and hair. That long ponytail is such a great styling move.
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Beautiful dresses on MaoSpeaking of Mao's ice shows, her Thanks Tour also gave "upgraded" looks of her Madame Butterfly and Fire Dance programs:
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And some more group costumes from BEYOND:
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A slightly different angle would be... which costumes do people think are or will be seen as those very few iconic (not necessarily best but totally most likely to be remembered forever) ones? Definitely Seimei, or Yulia's Schindler's List, Nancy Kerrigan in that Vera Wang and Tonya Harding in the Very Not Wang, Torvill and Dean's Bolero, Katerina Witt's skirtless one, and (for all the wrong reasons) the Domnina and Shabalin horror mentioned before. Obviously it would be a very very short list. Of course it's hard to predict (I would have though Rippon's 2018 would be, but now I think not so much) but a couple of those I think will be
Yuna Kim - the yellow 'Send in the Clowns' or her James Bond one are what i always think of when I think of her
Yuzuru - Notte Stellata
Debi Thomas's 1988 jumpsuit
Mao's Madam Butterfly
Maybe Evgenia's Karenina
this is may favourite Mao's dress (and programs)I also love Mao's black Fire Dance costume, makeup and hair. That long ponytail is such a great styling move.
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Stephane Lambiel's ZebraA slightly different angle would be... which costumes do people think are or will be seen as those very few iconic (not necessarily best but totally most likely to be remembered forever) ones?
Also I can't believe the same designer of both Kanadai's Red/Black and White/White Soran Bushi costume is the same designer as.... well, the ice show with the ugly group costumes. Shows how much direction can impact the designs.
Actually, forget the fantasy for violin and ochestra costume that i chose as my fave. This one is my favourite costume from Mao.
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This costume is fire. And i say this as someone who usually doesn't like transparence or the illusion of transparence.
I just realized that Haein Lee's last junior FS costume looks like it was inspired by Mao's dress. Funny thing is, Mao used this dress to skate to Ritual Fire Dance (Arthur Rubinstein) while Haein used her dress to skate to Fire Dance (from Bill Whelan's River Dance).
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Also Kao Miura's Poeta FS (his last junior FS) bears some resemblance to Stephane Lambiel's Poeta FS, just a lot less ornate but with similar concept and cutting:
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Also I don't know what program this dress (made by The Well Dressed Skater in 2021/2022) is used for, but it's a dead ringer for Marin Honda's The Giving dress first made in 2017 by Satomi Ito, especially with the unusual color scheme: