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Find out what goes into creating the most dazzling figure skating looks for the Olympics, according to three costume designers.
As the Winter Olympics gets underway, figure-skating fans know fashion is as much a part of the beauty of figure skating as quadruple jumps and flying spins. Skating costumes have evolved over the ...
In a sea of flesh-colored panels and strategically placed cutouts, these figure-skating costumes stand out as the most daring of all time.
A coach, a choreographer, and possibly a mental health coach or sports psychologist are all an integral part of a figure skater’s inner circle. But behind the scenes, there’s someone else ...
When the Russians dominated men's figure skating at every Olympics from 1992 to 2006, Billings said, the rest of the world responded by emulating their style and flamboyant dress.
At the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan wore a plain white Vera Wang skating dress when she narrowly lost a gold medal to Ukraine’s Oksana Baiul—whose ...
In figure skating, where does the theater stop and the athletics start?
The best skating costumes blend seamlessly with the skaters' movements and music. The worst bunch, gape, shock and stand out like Icelandic singer Bjork's white swan get-up at the Oscars.
If you’re a sucker for figure skating — whether the Olympics are going on or not — today’s post is dedicated to you. Time’s latest top story online is “The Top 10 Worst Figure Skating ...
A Nazi concentration camp costume worn by a Russian figure skater in early November was mistakenly nominated for an International Skating Union (ISU) award, officials said Monday.
Sheer panels in figure skating costumes aren't just a fashion statement. The real reason has everything to do with the official dress code.
The red sequined dress Tonya Harding wore to the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships where Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by thugs hired by her then-husband Jeff Gillooly is up for auction. She ...