Figure Skating Costumes

Anaïs Morand and Timothy Leemann skating to Safri Duo for their long program at the 2012 European Championships.

Source: http://www.eislauffotos.de/

Alexandra Herbrikova and Rudy Halmaert skating to the Love Actually soundtrack by Craig Armstrong at the 2012 European Championships.

Sources:

http://www.eislauffotos.de/

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2012Euros/pairs/jse_IMG_8731.jpg

You’re only young once. Maria Sergejeva and Ilja Glebov at the 2007 Junior Worlds.

Photo by Barry Mittan.

Joannie Rochette skating to Céline Dion’s Vole at the 2010 Olympics gala. The dress was borrowed from Jessica Dubé, who wore it for her exhibition performances in the 2008-2009 season.

Sources:

http://i.thestar.com/images/24/ee/355e34d14d82800930074e25c418.jpeg

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2010Olympics/gala/jse_IMG_3009.jpg

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20100228/470_bc_rochette_100228_430241.jpg?2

http://absoluteskating.com/reports/2008gsa/IMG_0927.jpg

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2008SkateCanada/gala/IMG_1024a.jpg

Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov’s free skate costumes at the 2010 Worlds, Olympics and Europeans. Kavaguti’s dress had a fun feature; during the program she unbuttoned (presumably) the curtain and - voila - revealed a shiny heart on her chest. All a bit too cute for my own cynical heart.

Their music was The Blue Danube by Johan Strauss and Valse Sentimentale by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Sources:

http://www.langsleysports.com/client/index/45339.html?photo_id=432360&view_type=portfolio#/client/template.xml?aaa=portfolio/45339

http://photos.skatetoday.com/displayimage.php?album=110&pid=14665

http://www.daylife.com/photo/09ws3Yoce70ox

Mylène Brodeur and John Mattatall performing in the 2008 Skate Canada gala.

Photos by David W. Carmichael and Brett Barden.

Sources:

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2008SkateCanada/gala/IMG_0623a.jpg

http://photos.skatetoday.com/displayimage.php?album=88&pid=11971

Brooke Castile and Benjamin Okolski’s Memoirs of a Geisha costumes at the 2009 US National Championships.

Sources:

http://gallery.ice-skate.net/photos/2009-nationals/senior/pairs/short/castile-okolski/

http://www.pbase.com/trilby23/image/110035270

Rena Inoue and John Baldwin skating to music by Puccini for their 2007 US Nationals long program.

Photos by trilby23.

Source: http://www.pbase.com/trilby23/2007_nationals_sr_pairs_fs&page=7

Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov’s four different sets of long program costumes, at the 2008 Skate America, 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, 2009 European Championships and 2009 World Championships.

Their music was The Lady and the Hooligan by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Sources:

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2008SkateAmerica/pairs/IMG_5382A.jpg

http://photos.skatetoday.com/displayimage.php?album=89&pid=12032

http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos/2009Euros/pairs/IMG_0232A.jpg

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Maria+Mukhortova/ISU+World+Figure+Skating+Championships+Day/jyZ7bLF7g02

Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang at the 2008 Grand Prix Final, and the new version of Dan Zhang’s costume at the 2009 Winter Universiade and 2009 World Championships.

Sources:

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Dan+Zhang/ISU+Grand+Prix+Final+Figure+Skating+Day+2/H9xlk1Nu2gD

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Dan+Zhang/ISU+World+Figure+Skating+Championships+Day/8_Sf2AnmQ9r

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Dan+Zhang/ISU+World+Figure+Skating+Championships+Day/tDLvGoO6bPH

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/24/content_10881397.htm