DWTS Season 11, Week 8 – Which Costumes Were Your Favorite & Least Favorite?
“Trying to inspire two sets of Latin costumes with no music to inspire or direct us! Need I say how laborious that process was” ~ Randall Christensen
I bet it was!! Randall Christensen must have really been challenged this week. But, he (like the dancers) rose to the occasion. Here is what he told Stylelist in a costume recap.
Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya: When host Tom Bergeron cracked a joke that the couples’ lime-green Latin costumes resembled packing materials, StyleList wondered if Christensen took offense. “Whether in jest, or critically, comments are good,” he says. “It doesn’t hurt to get a bit of insight into what the judges think or feel.” As for the shiny green frocks? “It was samba, for heaven’s sake. Carnival time!”
Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: The singer rose to the top again in StyleList’s favorite costume of the night: a floaty, romantic ensemble that featured a snow-white corset and piles of Swarovski crystal bangles. “Because of our rush to get costumes made, we combined two purchased corsets. Shopping for the exact right lacing, frog clasps, and edging trims was a challenge,” the designer says. It was Chmerkovskiy’s idea to also wear white, which “added to the sophisticated, romantic elegance of their dance.”
Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough: Grey’s sexy rumba costume was a risk for Christensen, who combined nude lace with strategically placed lingerie-lace appliqués and lilac fabric dyed by hand. “I was biting my nails that the appliqués were going to be enough,” says Christensen. Grey’s waltz ball gown of nude mesh featured 15,000 crystals and ostrich plumes snipped over a three-day period, attached one-by-one to charmeuse godets. “Talk about a labor of love,” he says.
Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas: The political daughter has stayed true to her promise to not show too much skin, but the black lace she donned for her Argentine tango was a showstopper, proving Christensen’s theory that “you can be so covered up and yet be so sexy!” Christensen pronounced the costume, “by far Bristol’s most sophisticated, sexy look to date.” The designer was pleased with the way the minidress accentuated her “wonderful, perfect-for-dancing legs.”
THE DWTS Make-up team has posted some cool backstage videos from last week. I can’t embed them here. But, you can see them HERE and HERE. The process is fascinating and so intense at the same time for what the dancers and celebrities must go through.
Ok, so which costumes were your favorites this week and least favorite. Be sure to tell us in the comments and vote in our Poll.
My Fave: Brandy and Maks! I loved Brandy’s white corset dress. They both looked stunning like from an English Fairy tale. I liked Bristol’s black Tango dress too. But, I wish it had been a little longer.
My Least Fave: Lacey’s green dress in their first dance. It was all wrong for her hips.
I loved both of Jennifer’s dresses… Having to pick one- I’m going with her Rumba dress…it was hot hot hotttt!
This is always hard for me to pick without photo reminders. I know I hated Brandy’s blue outfit and I wasn’t really a fan of an all white couple thing either. I also hated lime green for K&A. Jennifer looked nice both times but a bit unmemorable. I’m rarely a fan of very light, romantic outfits. Bristol’s A. Tango outfit was very nice. I also liked Kyle&Lacey in their Jive. I think Lacey for once nailed it with the hair and makeup, she looked lovely. Her dress was a bit (too) short but cute and fun. Her green dress was definitely weird but I didn’t find it so terrible as a lot of people did. It was like from a story book or something. Bristol’s Samba outfit was OK, I guess. Nothing special. So, it’s Bristol in A. Tango or Lacey in the Jive for me. I’m going with Lacey to show some hair&makeup support to her.
Rhumba dresses are always the best. Or are they the least? Or are they the best because they’re the least?
Or the least favorite? lol Sorry, just joking. I don’t mind the nakedness at all I just don’t care about that sheet style often seen in Rumba.
Brandy was wearing that beautiful black velvet cloak, with the white corsetted dress underneath. It was gorgeous. I think that was probably my favorite, although I liked Jen’s rumba dress too.
My fav was Bristol’s AT costume. My least fav was Lacey’s green thing, but I really thought she looked great in her jive costume. I could have gone with Jenn’s costumes as favorites, but I picked Bristol because it was a nice change to see her look so good!
Jennifer looked gorgeous in both her dresses. I cannot believe that woman is 50.
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I’ve been a fan of women in sheets ever since Faith Hill sang the song “Breathe” under a sheet.
LOL^^^
Did anyone else notice that Maks was wearing what looked like a thong in those white pants? Both my boyfriend and I saw it during their Waltz and wondered what the hell it was. I can’t believe this is like, twice that I’ve looked at his butt. I DO NOT LIKE GUY’S BUTTS (and neither does my boyfriend, I think). BUT (hah) he keeps calling attention to it!
I thought Brooke’s dress on the results show was her best look yet.