Originally Posted by memmh:
“If you ignore the dress, the routine itself was great. I love watching Kristina dance.
As for the dress, well perhaps either a more elegant ballgown with a fuller, floaty skirt or else a short, sassy latin style dress might have been better than something which was trying to be a hybrid of the two. Oh, and perhaps brown knickers, to match the outside of the dress, instead of white ones might also have been good.
However, an unfortunate dress choice doesn't mean that the routine was bad. I appreciate not everyone agrees with me but I enjoyed it.”
I enjoyed it too - very much.
I think the cut of the dress was the right choice. Floaty skirts or long dresses are a big no-no with that many lifts in the routine. However, it was an elegant and emotional song and and so that limits the choice of short dress, as the dress needs to convey the style of song. As her legs needed to be free for the position of the lifts, I think a diagonal "rumba-style" dress was the right way to go.
Considering the lifts they used, I would have perhaps used a darker leotard as the base to the dress. Having said that though, I didn't notice the dress until I saw people chatting about it on here. I was transfixed by her use of legs and feet!!!