Save the Date for Fashion On Ice With Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul will perform numbers from her new hit album “A Woman Falling Out of Love” live in a one-night only spectacular complete with Olympic and world-class figure skaters and top-of-the-line fashion designers to kick off the 2011-2012 Pandora NBC Skating Series with Fashion on Ice. Hold your breath, it gets good. Joining Franklin in this mega extravaganza are Olympic gold medalists Sarah Hughes, Tara Lipinski, supermodel Karolina Kurkova, and newly crowned world ice dancing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. But wait! The costumes are designed by Betsey Johnson and Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel. [Racked Inbox]