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ICE STYLE.....SKATE AMERICA 2017 Costumes: PAIRS & ICE DANCE

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Cha Cha Canada: Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada after finishing their Short Dance--2017 Bridgestone Skate America, Lake Placid NY Time for the third and final 2017 Skate America Costumes Blog: The PAIRS and ICE DANCE. If you missed my "Ice Style" blogs on the LADIES, click HERE ...and for the MEN, click HERE , but now, let's begin with the PAIRS... WARNING: Costume Changes Ahead! PAIRS: Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier of USA: Denney and Frazier skated their   Short Program  All Of Me by John Stephens, Toby Gad performed by John Legend in these lovely costumes above.   I liked the matchy-matchy color story between the two; her vanilla cream costume matched his tuck-pleated-and-French-cuffed tuxedo shirt. Her sequined look was Figure Skating Traditional but totally on-trend--if by that I mean, her top section reminded me of all those "nude gowns" being favored by Beauty Queens of late (read my "Miss Universe" Evening Gown review HERE and you&#

ICE STYLE.....SKATE AMERICA 2017 COSTUMES: MEN

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Adam Rippon of the USA, after skating his Short Program--Bridgestone Skate America 2017 Lake Placid NY In my last ICE STYLE post HERE , I discussed the LADIES COSTUMES from the 2017 Skate America Grand Prix of Figure Skating , so now it's time for the MEN. Let's begin with Israel's Daniel Samohin: Daniel Samohin of Israel:  Daniel skated his Short Program to  It's a Man's Man's Man's World performed by Seal wearing this all black look. The costume featured black pants, a long black shirt with sheer sleeves and a sequined top underneath. I liked the peek-a-boo element of seeing some fab sparkles coming from his chest; this gave a nice stage-impacting element and added to the overall image of Seal performing the song on a big international stage.  Free Skate to   Two Angels by Sergei Erdenko performed by Loyko-- First, I have to explain (in case you weren't watching Skate America 2017 like I was!):   The reason Daniel is holding his shoulder and looking s