Vintage Chic

Last August, Michelle Kwan returned to the ice (for the first time since 2006) for one of Kim Yu-Na’s exhibition shows, Ice All Stars 2009.

Michelle calls Yu-Na a friend and “an influential role model for future figure skaters.” Yu-Na calls Michelle “an iconic figure since childhood” and said that it was “a big honor to perform together with her in Korea.”

Here’s Michelle skating to one of my favorite tunes, “Winter Song” by Sarah Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson. The only part of the commentary I understand is “(sigh)…spiral” - no one spirals like Michelle Kwan.

She skated her second performance to “Carmina Burana.”

Will Yu-Na be crowned queen this week, or will she leave us heartbroken like Michelle did in 2002? Only time will tell. Let the Games begin!

The Boston Globe | “Kwan puts skating career on ice”

For the past few months, I’ve taken a second glance at every Asian female that I pass in Davis Square in hopes of meeting Michelle (who is studying for a masters in law and diplomacy at Tufts’s Fletcher School). So far, no luck. Perhaps I should start frequenting Diesel Cafe…