Annabelle Morozov wearing pants in the FD -- is she the first woman to do so?

[wickedwitch]

It has just been made legal for women to wear pants in the FD. From what I've seen, most women are sticking with dresses. Annabelle is the first one that I've noticed. Has anyone seen any other women wearing pants in the FD?

Regardless, kudos to her for taking that risk!

 

[Japanfan]

I agree, kudos to her.

And kudos for women being able to wear pants in the FD.

I had hope that being able to wear pants would open up program and music choices for the ladies, but for the most part, that hasn't been the case. And when women do wear pants, its usually cat suits. A few notable exceptions come to mind, Perkova's 'Pirates' routine and Annette Dirth (sp? Dirk? think I got the name wrong?) rousing ACDC routine.

FS remains a conservative sport in certain respects.

 

[jennysk8oboe]

Didn’t Marina Klimova wear pants in their 1992 Olympic free dance that won gold?

 

[Vash01]

Irina Slutskaya in her 2006 SP wore pants.

Irina Slutskaya 2006 Olympic SP

Totentanz

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[Coco]

I thought Katelyn Weaver wore shorts in an RD a few years back?

 

[Tesla]

FS remains a conservative sport in certain respects.

I think it’s sexist. Some of those costumes are not conservative.

 

[jmtfti]

Pants were first allowed in the short dance in 2016-17 for the first go-round of Midnight Blues+ programs and Kaitlyn Weaver, Tessa Virtue, and Madison Hubbell were among those to take advantage, so yes, pants have been worn by women in ice dance recently. However, Annabelle's also the first I've noticed for the FD since the free dance rule change.

 

[Icetalavista]

Isabelle Duschenay?

 

[wickedwitch]

I thought Katelyn Weaver wore shorts in an RD a few years back?

They’ve been allowed in the RD & SD depending on the rhythm but not in the FD.

 

[skategal]

Isabelle Duschenay?

Yep back in 1991.

Duchesnay & Duchesnay (FRA) - 1991 European Figure Skating Championships, Free Dance

Sofia, BULGARIA - 1991 European Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay of France placed 2nd in the Free Dance an...

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[Vash01]

Marina Klimova 1991 worlds FD

Klimova & Ponomarenko: "Lawrence of Arabia", 1991 Worlds Free Dance [American TV version]

Klimova & Ponomarenko: "Lawrence of Arabia", 1991 Worlds Free Dance [American TV version] + Kiss & Cry + Medal Ceremony.

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[BittyBug]

Best use of pants IMO (but OD not FD): BobSol's sailor dance

2009 2010 Euro Dance OD Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev Russian Folk Dance

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[Orm Irian]

Annette Dirth (sp? Dirk? think I got the name wrong?) rousing ACDC routine.

It was Ivett Toth, so yes, you did rather.

 

[Vash01]

M/D in 1991 and 1992 LP?

May be they are tights, not pants?

Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (URS) - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Pairs' Free Skate

Munich, GERMANY - 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, Pairs' Free Skate - Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev of the Soviet Union skated a brilliant ...

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Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (RUS) - 1994 Lillehammer, Figure Skating, Pairs' Free Skate

Hamar, NORWAY - 1994 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Free Skate - Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev of Russia placed 2nd in the Free Skate to win t...

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[canbelto]

Didn't Papadakis wear pants for the Fame RD?

 

[MacMadame]

Didn't Papadakis wear pants for the Fame RD?

Leotard and tights with leg warmers.

Papadakis and Cizeron set new record at 2019 Internationaux de France

2019 Internationaux de France Rhythm Dance In their first appearance of the season, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France took the lead in the Rhythm Dance at the 2019 […]

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[Carina]

Didn’t Marina Klimova wear pants in their 1992 Olympic free dance that won gold?

Yes, she did or maybe catsuit.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

By the way, why wasn’t Nikolai not in the kiss and cry with his daughter? Isn’t he her coach?

 

[carriecmu0503]

Maya Shibutani wore pants in the “that’s life” rhythm dance.

 

[Elka]

By the way, why wasn’t Nikolai not in the kiss and cry with his daughter? Isn’t he her coach?

Their other coach, Alexei Gorshkov, was.

 

[Carolla5501]

Punsan and Swallow. “The race” program

 

[Frau Muller]

Annabelle’s harem outfit is very feminine & sexy. I’m not sure that that’s a true “wearing the pants” example...as in strong sporty woman...celebrating women’s independence and all that.

But they’re harem pants...so technically, yes. (Lovely FD to Scheherazade!)

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Their other coach, Alexei Gorshkov, was.

You are only alllowed to have 1 coach in the kiss and cry? Nikolai was in the stands.

 

[Elka]

You are only alllowed to have 1 coach in the kiss and cry? Nikolai was in the stands.

I am sure he will be there at the OG.

 

[meggonzo]

Punsan and Swallow. “The race” program

She still had a skirt tacked on to her costume though.

 

[VGThuy]

For ladies singles, I like to think Fumie Suguri was responsible for the change of rules in ladies singles thanks to her well-received 2003-04 short program to “Paint it Black”.

She wore a skirt tacked on to the pants but it was the first time in a long time it seemed a woman wore something like that (at least since Kat Witt for her 1994 Olympics SP to Robin Hood that had an extended tunic going past her belt to meet the skirt rules). Funny because she and Debi Thomas in 1988 were responsible for the ladies skirt rules to begin with, especially Witt.

Then the next season, pants were allowed for ladies singles, which Fumie also took advantage of for her excellent Carmen LP.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

She still had a skirt tacked on to her costume though.

Klimova had some flowy, wing style material tacked on to her shoulders and sleeves, but no skirt at all. Interesting that they received no deduction at the time for it. I remember reading somewhere that some judges frowned on Debi Thomas's 1988 SP unitard when such a costume was not yet legal in the women's event under that era's rules (afaik).

 

[meggonzo]

Klimova had some flowy, wing style material tacked on to her shoulders and sleeves, but no skirt at all. Interesting that they received no deduction at the time for it. I remember reading somewhere that some judges frowned on Debi Thomas's 1988 SP unitard when such a costume was not yet legal in the women's event under that era's rules (afaik).

My response was about Elizabeth Punsalan's racing costume for 90-91. Klimova's costume in 90-91 also did not have a skirt, nor did Isabelle Duchesnay's. I assume the rules were different for ice dance than singles then, but at some point they made it illegal. And then it took dance longer to be able to wear pants again.

 

[Frau Muller]

The pioneer in all of this:
US skater Jill Frost, about one minute into this very bad-sounding clip of Frost’s CATS LP at ‘82 Natl Sports Fest, Indianapolis:

1982 Kelly Webster, Jill Frost (Gang of 6) Maria Causey

Although Rosalyn Sumners and Elaine Zayak dominated ladies skating in the early 80's, there was a group of interesting ladies just underneath them that (with...

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