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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...