The worst dresses in figure skating history

alyssa wrote:

This is off-ice, but I must post it here:

LOL! I thought she still had shampoo on her head.

ddmm wrote:

LOL! I thought she still had shampoo on her head.

What shampoo is this???



They make me scared.

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ddmm wrote:

LOL! I thought she still had shampoo on her head.

What shampoo is this???

It's a high tech shampoo: no need to rinse off, you can leave your house once you've put a drop on your head cause the bubbles will turn into a nice white hat that covers all your hair.

Guys, what a wonderful thread, so funny !

I have another horrible thing for you ... long long time ago: Kati´s Carmen costume.
Special highlight: this kind of puffy sleeves.

mash5, that's really ugly. And her face is so pale.

Gosh, how could I forget Surya's collection?

@alyssa ... oh yea, Surya often wore very stylish outfits !

Here´s another one. I know the topic was folk music, but this was a little too much I think. What the hell is she wearing around her neck and on her chest ? And then his jacket or vest or whatever it might be.
Certainly not one of the worst costumes but it hasn´t turned out very well.

alyssa wrote:

Sasha's skirt do look like something we wear to go to beach here.
And the top reminds me of a blue and yellow swimsuit I had a long time ago.

If you don't know, Sasha's dress was inspired by Ukranian traditional dress and that's not even close to pareo I love this dress, it's one of my favourites.
I don't like most of Miki's dresses.









and carmen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reb-ship/3992541556/

Awww, you guys?! Most of these costumes are pretty bad, but some of them don't deserve to be here IMO. Some of them aren't the greatest costumes, but do they really deserve to go to the worst costumes catagory (for example, the one of Michal if you scroll up on the last page)? And how could you not think those wings on Sasha were beautiful?! And as far as Miki's costumes go, I know they are too over the top for some people, but I think they're cool. I really like her spider dress, and even her cleopatra dress, which wasn't very popular, I know.

I will have to think about which costumes I think are the worst ever, but I don't have time at the moment. I will post something later.

About Tanith and Ben's costumes, I agree they were a bit over the top, but I can assure you moldavian costumes are very very busy indeed! But that shiny thing around her neck and the red boots have nothing to do with moldavian folklore I apreciate their effort though (it's a good thing she didn't wear a kerchief on her head )

polosatik wrote:

If you don't know, Sasha's dress was inspired by Ukranian traditional dress and that's not even close to pareo I love this dress, it's one of my favourites.

Sorry. I was just kidding.

I think the worst was miki costume at the olympics with the snake around her hand, she looked like she just jumped out of a cartoon book, really was so out of place....

Here another Savchenko creation (I think she designs both their costumes).

Alokya wrote:

Here another Savchenko creation (I think she designs both their costumes).

I liked those ones! They really matched the Lost In Space movie, and the music. He looks like he could be some outerspace dude, and she has the perfect rave outfit. lol. And I don't mean that in a bad way either! I would totally where what she's wearing to a rave! Although I haven't been to one in years, and I'm not really into that anymore.... Well I would still totally wear it on stage with my band! Those outfits are pretty out there, but futuristic/ costumish/ outrageous outfits are what a lot of famous singers and other performers are wearing right now. So I don't have a problem with figure skaters following that trend as well. I actually think it would be cool to see more of them do it. Just as long as it's in good taste. There is a fine line between outrageous/cool, and outrageous/ugly. IMO their costumes are outrageous/cool.

Thanks all. This thread is so funny

This is not for competition it's OK that skaters do anything they want to do at gala.
But I cannot understand why he wanted to become a baby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN7K9nck-Sc

I didn't like Evan's 09-10 costume with snakes. I don't want to see it again. Disgusting

Star85 wrote:

Awww, you guys?! Most of these costumes are pretty bad, but some of them don't deserve to be here IMO. Some of them aren't the greatest costumes, but do they really deserve to go to the worst costumes catagory (for example, the one of Michal if you scroll up on the last page)? And how could you not think those wings on Sasha were beautiful?! And as far as Miki's costumes go, I know they are too over the top for some people, but I think they're cool. I really like her spider dress, and even her cleopatra dress, which wasn't very popular, I know.

Tastes are subjective, I see nothing wrong in it Miki is very pretty woman, but I can't stand most of her costumes ( I hate spiders!!! So how can I be supposed to like this dress? ) , however I understand there are people who like them . I suppose we all do

Sasha's wings looked beautiful as a part of a program, but as a costume there didn't appeal to me. I can't help it

Hmmm.... I've just realised that probably I've never seen any dress blunder by Michelle Kwan. Have you seen anyone?

alyssa wrote:

I'm sure they want to break some new world record, but I'm not sure about a discipline

Alena Leonova this year. The most tasteless costumes ever IMHO.

alyssa wrote:

polosatik wrote:

If you don't know, Sasha's dress was inspired by Ukranian traditional dress and that's not even close to pareo I love this dress, it's one of my favourites.

Sorry. I was just kidding.

I forgive you. I also was joking.

Alena can win an award this year" the most terrible costumes ever"...

polosatik wrote:

I forgive you. I also was joking.

Alena can win an award this year" the most terrible costumes ever"...

Well, I'd say there are worse things in life.




And... wow!

I actually like this one.

I'm glad you're not mad at me.

Aibhlin wrote:

Alena Leonova this year. The most tasteless costumes ever IMHO.

Talking about dress: I love new picture on the top of page, but every time I don't look directly at it, I have an impression it's Yuna in her dress from Tango de Roxanne

Here are a few that I don't like:

alyssa wrote:

Well, this is... golden.

My darling, stay gold.

You've looked better, Irina.

alyssa wrote:

You've looked better, Irina.

"The power of love! *insert heart beam here*

Well, here are other costumes that aren't necessarily that bad, but still in poor taste IMO:






^IDK why people like this one, it reminds me of an out of place and oversized penguin

I always thought that men looked like penguins in tuxs, no surprise there.



Certainly not the worst, but this is definitely not a favorite of mine from Carolina Kostner.

Alokya wrote:

I always thought that men looked like penguins in tuxs, no surprise there.



Certainly not the worst, but this is definitely not a favorite of mine from Carolina Kostner.

I actually think this one wouldn't be that bad if Carolina bothered to use illusion mesh that didn't come out grey on her skin... Imagine this with a nice, light, sheer fabric (à la Arakawa's dresses) and it would be a whole lot prettier. And this version is actually a whole lot better than the one she had earlier in the Grand Prix... back then, the entire sleeves were made of illusion mesh that looked slightly loose and tended to move and gather awkwardly at the front of her shoulders (can't find a good pic now... no time but look her up at NHK... eeww)

And dear god I'd forgotten about Carebear-Irina...

Yesterday I watched an exhibition from Oberstdorf here in Germany and I had to face this from Nelli Ziganshina/Alexander Gaszi. The commentator said that it would be their short dance this season. It´s not a skirt, is it ?



Sometimes I wonder if there should be deductions for extreme costume blunder *just kidding*.

By the way ... Irina´s heart reminded me of the one Yuko Kavaguti revealed during their free skate last year ... not the most artistically valuable idea. Was it really necessary ? I would say no ! It´s like one of these "trick dresses" (I don´t know the correct english expression) well known as an eyecatcher at the Eurovision Song Contest.