Yes, I know, sometimes I pick weird titles for my posts. But when I saw this dress in red and black, I couldn’t help but think of Georges Bizet’s famous opera “Carmen”.

Maybe because these were the dominating colours of Katarina Witt’s costume when “Carmen” was the subject of her figure-skating free program that won her a second Olympic Gold back in 1988.

Later, she starred in a dance move titled “Carmen on Ice” which flopped in Germany but was a huge success in the US.

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