. . . (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chicskate) wrote,@ 2006-11-06 23:16:00 |
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2006 Skate Canada: Ladies' LP -- Hey Fumie, I've seen those dresses before
So before I commented on Fumie Suguri's Halloween SP dress, but after seeing her LP dress, I think I know what's going on here. Aside from the orange fixation, Fumie's two dresses seem to be the poor man's versions of two of my all-time favourite costumes, worn by Sasha Cohen mainly in the 2002-03 season. See what I mean:
This is more than just a slight resemblance. Especially the LP dress, that's a blatant rip-off of Sasha's Rachmaninoff dress, also known as The Dress. I don't know how Sasha pulls off putting purple, orange and gold together, but she does. Sasha's dress works because the purple is a bluish shade that constrasts quite nicely with the splashy orange skirt, and the gilt-edged plunge neckline is exquisitely designed. Fumie's dress, while not awful, misses the mark because, although it's hard to tell with these pics, the purple of her dress isn't quite as blue as Sasha's, and it looks funny with the pale orange. And the gold-embroirdered neckline isn't nearly as nice. Granted, Fumie's hair looked very cute, and her dress really isn't all that bad, but not up to her usual standards.
The SP dress isn't as obvious a copy of Sasha's Malaguena dress as the LP dress is of the Rachmaninoff dress, and I probably wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for the aforementioned similarity. But the all black with a bright underskirt of Fumie's dress certainly seems to take its inspiration from Sasha's dress. Now, my question is, who is responsible for this costume-copping? Was it the work of a lazy costume designer, or was Fumie deliberately paying homage to two of Sasha's classic dresses? If so, it's too bad that Fumie's dresses comes across as deeply discounted versions of Sasha's.
[Photos: Sasha - Jay Adeff; Fumie - Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images]
Meanwhile, for the second straight weekend, one of my favourite costumes has gone tragically unphotographed. This time 'round it was American Alissa Czisny, who wore a cute, chic, black-and-white strapless number to complement her music from the Sabrina soundtrack. Channeling Audrey Hepburn is always a good idea, especially if you have the fresh-scrubbed sweetness to pull it off. Anyway, I'm sure pictures of Alissa in this dress will be far easier to track down this season than photos of Kiira Korpi might be. Still, the moral of the story is, the photographers should take shots of all the skaters, not just the ones they feel like.
So before I commented on Fumie Suguri's Halloween SP dress, but after seeing her LP dress, I think I know what's going on here. Aside from the orange fixation, Fumie's two dresses seem to be the poor man's versions of two of my all-time favourite costumes, worn by Sasha Cohen mainly in the 2002-03 season. See what I mean:
This is more than just a slight resemblance. Especially the LP dress, that's a blatant rip-off of Sasha's Rachmaninoff dress, also known as The Dress. I don't know how Sasha pulls off putting purple, orange and gold together, but she does. Sasha's dress works because the purple is a bluish shade that constrasts quite nicely with the splashy orange skirt, and the gilt-edged plunge neckline is exquisitely designed. Fumie's dress, while not awful, misses the mark because, although it's hard to tell with these pics, the purple of her dress isn't quite as blue as Sasha's, and it looks funny with the pale orange. And the gold-embroirdered neckline isn't nearly as nice. Granted, Fumie's hair looked very cute, and her dress really isn't all that bad, but not up to her usual standards.
The SP dress isn't as obvious a copy of Sasha's Malaguena dress as the LP dress is of the Rachmaninoff dress, and I probably wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for the aforementioned similarity. But the all black with a bright underskirt of Fumie's dress certainly seems to take its inspiration from Sasha's dress. Now, my question is, who is responsible for this costume-copping? Was it the work of a lazy costume designer, or was Fumie deliberately paying homage to two of Sasha's classic dresses? If so, it's too bad that Fumie's dresses comes across as deeply discounted versions of Sasha's.
[Photos: Sasha - Jay Adeff; Fumie - Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images]
Meanwhile, for the second straight weekend, one of my favourite costumes has gone tragically unphotographed. This time 'round it was American Alissa Czisny, who wore a cute, chic, black-and-white strapless number to complement her music from the Sabrina soundtrack. Channeling Audrey Hepburn is always a good idea, especially if you have the fresh-scrubbed sweetness to pull it off. Anyway, I'm sure pictures of Alissa in this dress will be far easier to track down this season than photos of Kiira Korpi might be. Still, the moral of the story is, the photographers should take shots of all the skaters, not just the ones they feel like.
