Tessa Virtue on her Mom and costumes
Craig: what was your favorite outfit that you ever wore in competition? And I think that’s interesting too, because you’ve worn so many, and maybe that’s an impossible answer, but hey why not ask it.
Tessa: I have, I mean such an affinity for the Moulin Rouge costumes that Mathieu Caron designed and made, but some of the ones from junior days. I remember going through all the fashion magazines, Hola magazine, and my mom and I would take them to the dressmaker, and then we would have you know, 14 fittings, and it would evolve and change, and over time, over the course of the season it would take a different shape, and, and those also carry great meaning.
Virtue inherited a passion for design from her mother Kate, who has helped create her daughter’s skating costumes since she first competed as a skinny, freckled eight-year-old with bangs and a bun. (Virtue’s favourite costume so far was the long-sleeve, black-lace dress with a plunging neckline, designed by a former National Ballet costume designer, that she wore when she and Moir skated to Carmen during the 2012/2013 season.) “We design the costumes to help us get into character, to tell a story and to make a statement on the ice,” Virtue says. “It’s that balance between art and athleticism that I love most about ice dance.”
PJ: From Ellie Mahaffey also from Facebook: What would you guys say has been your favorite costume over the years? That’s a great question.
Scott: That is a good question
Tessa: Thanks for writing in, Ellie. I think my original Carmen dress, which was a long sleeve lace, with the deep V, and the ruffles. My mom designed that, and I’m not sure I even appreciated it at the time, but looking back on the detail, I think it was perfect for the program.
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