Ice Capades: Nick Verreos and Rachael Flatt, and his illustrations
Back in March,
I attended the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles at the fabulous (and very cold)
Staples Center. In case you have been living under a rock--or haven't seen my
Season 2 of Project Runway--I love me some figure skating! It was kind of funny to go to this event because a lot of people there recognized me. I didn't realize how many fans of figure skating are also fans of
Project Runway.
The night of the Ladies Final, as I was leaving, a group of people came up to me and introduced themselves. They were Rachael Flatt's family!
Rachael Flatt was the
Silver Medalist at the 2009 US Figure Skating Champisonships and placed 5th at the World Figure Skating Championships just moments before. They then proceeded to call her and handed me the phone so I could say "Hello" and "Congrats!".
Get me a pen and paper: Nick Verreos sketches for US Figure Skating Silver Medalist Rachael Flatt
Then about a couple of months ago, I got a call from her PR person asking if I would like to come to
Universal Studios where they were holding a special Media Event to promote American athletes for the upcoming Winter Olympics on NBC. Of course, I ran over there and finally got to meet
Rachael (she looked so cute in apple green and flower print dress, very "Lily Pulitzer"). For fun, I proceeded to sketch some ideas for her costumes. We were both hoping I might design her costume for this current Olympic Season, but with both of our crazy schedules, it did not work out. But it was still such a pleasure meeting her and sketching for her---and giving her some dish on
Project Runway!
Click HERE to watch a fun video of Rachel and the quick 30 second sketches I did.
Ice Capades: Nick Verreos and Rachael Flatt, and his illustrations
Back in March, I attended the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles at the fabulous (and very cold) Staples Center. In case you have been living under a rock--or haven't seen my Season 2 of Project Runway--I love me some figure skating! It was kind of funny to go to this event because a lot of people there recognized me. I didn't realize how many fans of figure skating are also fans of Project Runway.
The night of the Ladies Final, as I was leaving, a group of people came up to me and introduced themselves. They were Rachael Flatt's family! Rachael Flatt was the Silver Medalist at the 2009 US Figure Skating Champisonships and placed 5th at the World Figure Skating Championships just moments before. They then proceeded to call her and handed me the phone so I could say "Hello" and "Congrats!". 
Get me a pen and paper: Nick Verreos sketches for US Figure Skating Silver Medalist Rachael Flatt
Then about a couple of months ago, I got a call from her PR person asking if I would like to come to Universal Studios where they were holding a special Media Event to promote American athletes for the upcoming Winter Olympics on NBC. Of course, I ran over there and finally got to meet Rachael (she looked so cute in apple green and flower print dress, very "Lily Pulitzer"). For fun, I proceeded to sketch some ideas for her costumes. We were both hoping I might design her costume for this current Olympic Season, but with both of our crazy schedules, it did not work out. But it was still such a pleasure meeting her and sketching for her---and giving her some dish on Project Runway!
Click HERE to watch a fun video of Rachel and the quick 30 second sketches I did.
2 Responses to "ICE STYLE.....Nick Verreos and US Figure Skater Rachael Flatt"
My fellow superfans and I would have totally been in that group of fans at Worlds if we had known you were there! We were superfans of your season on PR too! Your skating dress design was beautiful and functional; I really hope that you will get to design a competitor's dress someday.
Ad execs are myopic if they don't hire Rachael for some product, possibly school related. The gal is smart, hard-working, adorable, and girl-next-door cute. Perfect role model for youngsters whether sports-related or otherwise.
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