Artefacts

Calgary 1988, dress worn by Katarina WITT (GDR), figure skating Olympic champion, as Carmen.

Physical description

Long sleeved dress decorated with a covered V-décolleté covered, flounces on the skirt and the sleeves. Completed by an flower hair barrette.

Created

Created: Barbara LANGER

Used

Used: Katarina WITT

Materials

plastic, textile

Colors

red, black, beige

Dimension

60 x 76 cm, 0.4 kg

Literature

MCCARTNEY, Jenny. "Dirty dancing on ice". In: The Daily Telegraph, 20.01.2002, O'CONNOR, Elaine. "Olympic Fashion Highs and Lows: Hits, misses and malfunctions". In: The Province, 18 February 2010. Conner, Floyd. Les jeux olympiques : 600 victoires incroyables, records insolites, hasards étranges, destins inimaginables, coups tordus, sports improbables, loosers magnifiques et autres bizarreries.... Le Rheu : La Maison d'Edition, 2010. 217. ISBN 978–236–026–0027. "Juan Antonio Samaranch, 1920-2010 : La Revue Olympique rend hommage à l'ancien Président du CIO". Juin 2010. The Treasures of the Olympic Winter Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2009.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> dress

Reference number

12282

Keywords

Olympic champion Calgary 1988, Olympic Winter Games German Democratic Republic (Germany)Germany Figure skating/Individual[W]

Notes

Dress belonging to Katarina WITT (GDR), Olympic figure skating champion, Calgary 1988 Katarina WITT and American Debi THOMAS were favourites for the Olympic title in 1988 in Calgary. Their rivalry is known as “The Battle of the Carmens” as they both chose Bizet’s opera to dance to in their long programme. Katarina WITT won the gold medal and became the second skater in history, after Sonja HENIE, to defend her Olympic title.