I love DWTS, which stands for Dancing With The Stars on ABC, in case you
Last season, I have decided to sketch all female costumes from the entire season of DWTS, and I should tell you - it is a lot of fun, I have challenged myself on my never-developed-but-so-wanted sketching skills and had a great time watching the genius of Costume design team, that I am sure secretly employ some of Cinderella's mice and birds, to create the magic that we see, otherwise there is no humanly possible explanation of this on-going production!
When this season had started I was telling myself, that I should not/could not/must not do it, but.... I gave up. This creative ride is so fun that I am doing it again. I will start with the Episode 6, that was released on April 25th and will trace it back to the very beginning of Season 22, with one little correction: I am not going to do all of the dresses, but majority of them, which covers pretty much 95% ( I told you, I love the show) The remaining 5% will be the dresses that do not inspire me as much, or not unique, or could be found elsewhere... There! I got it out and feel much better now - disclaimers rock!
SEASON 22, EPISODE 6, APRIL 25TH, 2016
The idea behind each sketch is to demonstrate the costume, to illustrate main lines,but not to critique
Kim Fields and Sasha Farber danced the jive. Kim's dress looked simple, but on closer look - it had lots of details. Inspired by musical Hairspray, the dress was mainly black, with black and white checkerboard pattern insert on the front and an adorable bow along the neckline. It had flirty style, and was very excellent choice for the dance.
Von Miller and Witney Carson danced jazz routine to "Bad" Michael Jackson. OK, on a person level, this routine and Witney's outfit I am ready to rock myself on any day and at any time!!!! (just saying!) Entirely black unitard, with fingerless gloves, tall lace-up boots and yes, the heavily embellished with rhinestones vest in totally Jackson Style (zippers, pockets. etc)
Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas danced jazz routine in costumes inspired by Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Paige was wearing 70th inspired dress. with heavily embellished headband and the cutest substitute for GoGo Boots - she danced in white knee high socks and white latin style dance shoes covered in rhinestones.
Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd danced Quick Step from The Mask. Peta's dress with low cut back in champagne color with long fringe and golden embroidery on the front and on the back was simply stunning! The sketch doesn't do the justice!
Ginger Zee and Valentine Chmerkovskiy danced jazz to Nasty by Janet Jackson. Ginger looked picture perfect in her period-perfect outfit, featuring black unitard, with long lose black jacket, mesh dancing boots and with only two bling pieces - her long shiny chain and shiny buckle.
Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff did Bollywood routine inspired by "Jay Ho" song from Slumdog Millionaire. Karina had a very creative and simple solution inspired by the movie: she was wearing tight body hugging jeans, with white bustier and yellow scarf attached to it.
Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold danced jazz routine to Bye Bye Bye. Lindsay's tiny frame looked amazing in leather looking sleeveless unitard with low cut front.
Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess danced jive. Retro weightless pastel colored dress created a perfect soft background to Antonio kicking it high!
This episode featured mostly black outfits and some yellow tones, with the exception of Sharna's dress.
Can't wait to see the next set of costumes tonight! Thank you for stopping by!
Sincerely, Violet (a.k.a. #ballroomdancemom)
