TY - CONF AB - Utilizing figure skating attire as a focus when teaching the design process stimulates student interest in a product with growing demand and develops creative problem-solving abilities for multiple purpose active wear. Several models of the design process were applied to figure skating design problems. Three different categories of attire (competitive, show, practice) provided opportunities for varying emphases as to importance of expressive-aesthetic, functional-aesthetic, or expressive-functional purposes. For example, the lady's competition dress must reflect music theme, desired figure skating image, age appropriateness, and functional concerns like mobility, warmth/ coolness, breathability, weight, stretchability and durability. Practice wear, in contrast, must meet some aesthetic criteria (attractiveness) but more emphasis is placed on such functional criteria as washability, pill resistance, durability, and warmth/coolness. AU - Nancy Drennen DA - 1998/12// IS - 1 VL - 1999 PB - Iowa State University Digital Press PY - 1998 TI - Figure Skating Apparel: Design for Functional, Expressive, and Aesthetic Needs T2 - International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings UR - https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/itaa/article/id/14797/ ER -