In fact, in the early days of figure skating performance costumes are also long-sleeved long skirts, as early as 1872 Austria first held figure skating competitions began until the end of the 19th century, at that time figure skating mainly served the western upper class, so the performance clothes of this sport are actually the daily winter clothes of the nobles, not just simple long-sleeved long skirts, female athletes' clothing often wears long necklaces, belts, gloves, top hats and other clothing accessories, these costumes are rigorous and thick, and will also add frills, fur, Feather decoration, according to professional statistics at the end of the 19th century figure skating sportswear coverage of the body as high as 94%.
The venue of the early figure skating competition was in the cold outdoors, the low temperature outdoor is not better than the modern sports venues, so the figure skating costumes with an airtight design to resist the cold of the venue, of course, this also makes the figure skating action at that time less difficult, the conservative performance style also determines the conservativeness of the costumes.
Refrigeration technology in the 1870s has been further developed, in 1876 London King Road in the small tent birth of the world's first indoor ice rink, 1908 London Summer Olympics in the figure skating competition also began to be held on the artificial ice rink, the development and progress of science and technology broke through the cold outdoor figure skating this situation, from outdoor to indoor, not only for the subsequent Winter Olympics ice rink laid the foundation of the venue, but also promoted the reduction of the fabric of figure skating performance clothes.
After the First World War, women's social status improved, women also had more say, dressing freedom, physical liberation, gender equality became the 1920s young women's consistent pursuit. The improvement of women's social status has also affected the change of the rules of figure skating, so that the ignored female group that was not eligible to participate in the competition has the opportunity to participate in the men's and women's doubles skating and women's competitions. More and more women entered the competition, competitive sports were no longer exclusive to high society, figure skating began to become popular, figure skating performance clothes began to fade from the previous heavy, there were straight-leg silhouette tops with low waist lines, and the length of skirts was gradually shortened from mopping to knees.
