2022–23 Japan Figure Skating Championships Women's SP Favorite Dresses (in my opinion).
Since I was searching for inspiration for a fic, I ended watching some figure skating competitions and writing this ranking.
1. Rika Kihira → The Fire Within by Jennifer Thomas: the combination between red and dark blue looked amazing. The gloves give elegance to the outfit, and the dress paired with the thighs look perfect. This is my favorite costume because it matches beautifully the program. it’s made me think in red petals flying on the wind.
2. Ikura Kushida → Red Violin by Ikuko Kawai (based on Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo): that’s how a red dress should look like, vibrant, alive, and powerful.
3. Miyabi Oba → Send in The Clowns (from Musical “A Little Night Music”) by Stephen Sondheim: while I usually don’t like white dresses, I liked this one because of the yellow parts, they bring a nice touch to a simple dress.
4. Marin Honda → Assassin’s Tango by John Powell: this is probably one of the most beautiful black dresses that I have watched in figure skating, it has personality, sexiness, exuberance, and sharpness. It’s suited the program very well.
5. Rino Matsuike → Papa Can You Hear Me? by Barbra Streisand: pastel colors are not my thing, however this dress looked soft, and sweet like a caress. the combination of soft pink and purple fading into white bring a sense of relaxation and calm.
6. Ami Nakai → I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin: the neon barbie pink dress looked funny and playfull, perfect for a junior skater. I think this dress matches the skater style really well, the first thing I notice about Ami is how happy she looked during her program and her dress shows this with its color and style.
7. Hina Takeno → Music from “SAYURI”: Becoming a Geisha, Going to School by John Williams: not my favorite but looked nice.
8. Rion Sumiyoshi → White Flowers Take Their Bath by Meredi: I liked the blue and white combination, not the style of the dress.
9. Yo Takagi → Sous le ciel de Paris, Milord by Édith Piaf: I liked the indigo color mostly. I think it has presence.
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Sandy Powell and Peter King: Styling Velvet Goldmine
ER: When you worked on the Bowie-inspired film "Velvet Goldmine", the costumes apparently came from your own memories of Bowie as a fan, rather than actual research about him during that time period.
SP: Yes! I mean, I did do research of course, but you’re right that it was both. I’d heard that film was being made, and I was just desperate to do it, because that was my early teenage years. That time in your life and what you’re soaking in has a lasting effect on you, you're like a sponge, when you're that age. At the time we were seeing things we’d never seen before with glam rock, and then punk, and all of that. It was new stuff and rules being broken. And so that’s how I came to Velvet Goldmine, and of course I did the research but a lot of it was just based on how I’d felt at the time, and what I remembered. It sounds very exuberant! (Laughs) And I think it shows in the film that we all just had an extraordinary amount of fun making the film.
ER: The costumes really reflect that, they are so larger than life.
SP: Yes, and you know, it wasn’t easy! It was very, very hard. We had hardly any money, but it didn’t matter. It was a deeply personal experience, I think, for all of us. I would stay up all night making things, not just because it was necessary but because I really wanted to do it. (Source)
"[Glam] was about going out on the street and pushing it as far as you can; almost, in a way, pushing it in people's faces a bit, saying 'I don't care,' and 'You can just get out of my face if you don't like it'." - Peter King (Source)
"I love Velvet Goldmine. It was one of the most fun films I’ve worked on. It was hard because it was a really small budget, but it was also big in terms of the number of costumes we had to make. A lot of them we couldn’t actually find and we had to make from scratch, but we also used some original costumes... I just had the most joyous time working on it. I was obsessed with David Bowie between the ages of 13 and 14. I remember hearing ‘Starman’ on the radio and thinking, ‘What is that?’ I used to make my own clothes back then and that’s what I wanted the costumes in the film to look like – I wanted it to have a homemade feel. I did it mostly from my memory of how I felt at the time, not so much from research, mainly what it meant to me." - Sandy Powell (Source)
"The greatest challenge was really just making it be believable, even though you're dealing with something that's quite extraordinary. We had to make sure it felt real. So that's when, for instance, dealing with the audience and the fans, and the kids, trying to make it look like they've done it themselves." - Peter King (Source)
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Other than a Mysterion/Kenny origin episode/special I'd love if they had a plot of how and why Kenny decided to become Mysterion in the first place unless of course this would be included as part the origin plot idea. Like what was behind the creation of his superhero persona maybe? Just an idea.
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