With the grand opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the figure skating event, which has always been highly concerned, will also start as scheduled. Figure skating is a sport that highly integrates art and competition. In addition to beautiful music and difficult technical movements, the dazzling and colorful costumes of the players have always been talked about by people.
Many viewers will be curious, why is the dress of figure skating (hereinafter referred to as figure skating) so different from other sports? Rich in decoration, in different tones, and often designed to be very close-fitting and thin, what’s so special about it?

Rules for clothing in figure skating competitions
According to the data, the current regulations of the International Speedskating Union (ISU): the clothing in the competition must be reasonable and not exposed, and can meet the needs of both long and short events. Clothing should not be too showy or bizarre in nature, but should reflect the stylistic characteristics of the music chosen. At the same time, players are generally free to choose their own clothing, but there are some restrictions: male players must wear long trousers, no chestless sleeveless tops and tight pants; female players can wear short skirts, long trousers or gym clothes, under skirts Wear opaque flesh-colored tights or stockings, and no separate garments.

Based on these regulations, a lot of effort has been devoted to the costumes of figure skaters, and they are often customized for each player and each track. Because the competition clothes of figure skating also emphasize “artistic” in addition to “sports”, people used to directly transliterate the English “costume” of the competition clothes into “Costen”, “Carsten”, etc. to distinguish them. In fact, these terms say All are figure skating suits.
Although ISU has certain requirements for dress, a good figure skating uniform can satisfy much more than that. Not only is it light-weight, sturdy, sweat-wicking, and cold, but the designers took care of Costen in order to best match the clothing to the music and the movements of the players. Many garments use a lot of sequins, rhinestones, embroidery, feathers, etc. to make the garment sparkle and attract attention.