One of the highlights of skating is the costumes. Last night there was the gorgeous:
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir:


Tasteful and elegant, and fit the character of their Spanish flamenco perfectly. The full red skirt looked fabulous on the ice too. I kinda want a dress like that, but with a shorter skirt.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White:

Again, tasteful and elegant.
Then there was the the ridiculous...
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from last week:

They skated to “Send in the Clowns”. Yeah, I get it, they’re clowns.
...and the purely horrific.
Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin:



What else is to be said? Not only was their “aboriginal” dance culturally insensitive and offensive (even though a Canadian aboriginal elder reached out to them), their costumes were the ugliest I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been watching figure skating for over 20 years. And these were the toned-down versions!
But then again, if the there weren't such ridiculous costumes, I would have nothing to mock.
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