Figure Skating Dresses – Choosing The Right Ones

Dresses for wearing while figure skating are many and varied. Depending on which style of performance you are aiming for and whether it is a competition or just for practice. Whether it be T-shirts and tights or a glamorous fully sequinned master piece specially designed just for you we can help find you just the right outfit.

If you are just going to be mucking around with your friends on the ice you need something very casual. A T-shirt and lycra tights will be the most comfortable but you want to look good too so look around for a T-shirt just a little bit special and tights that hug your body to perfection. Of course color is a definite consideration. Which color suits your skin type the best? Does black make your skin look too pastey? Is red too bright for your personality? There are so many varieties of blues and greens that there has to be just the right one for you. Or maybe you are like me and would want purple.

Color, of course comes into the choice of costume for that special competition too. You really want to look your best so that hopefully the judges will think highly of you. I know that what you wear should not have any bearing on how they rate you, but believe me, impressions do count too. If you are dressed terribly the judge may not be able to see past the outfit and may not be able to appreciate your skating to its full potential.

Choice of material is also a consideration. Soft filmy silk or wonderful stretch velvet. With or without sequins, crystals and rhinestones. Maybe the tie-dyed look is what you want. Should the skirt be plain, petalled, or have a scalloped edge, be beaded, have a net film over the top or be made entirely of net? Maybe beaded lace, or a material that has been color faded to give the varied look? Really, the choice is completely yours. The boundaries are limited only by your imagination.

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