The History of Figure Skating Clothes

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide

The figure skating dresses in the early 1970s were not that different than the skating dresses of the late 1960s, but lower necklines began to enter the skating scene.

Olympic figure skating champion, Dorothy Hamill introduced her famous "wedge haircut" to the world. Little girls all over the USA cut their hair so they could be like Dorothy.

When Hamill won the 1976 Olympic title, she wore a v-neck dress made of a lightweight fabric. In the 1970s, it was also common to see crystal embellishments around the neckline of skating dresses.