How to Measure Ice Skating Dresses
Ice skating dresses can be purchased, custom order or made. It is important that ice skating dresses fit well and are the right length. This will allow the skater to move easily and skate better. To insure that ice skating dresses fit right, they need to be measured.
Supplies:
- Cloth or vinyl tape measure
- Paper to write measurements on
- Pen or Pencil
- Lay the dress on a flat surface such as a table, desk, or floor.
- Use the tape measure to get the torso measurement by stretching it from the tip of the shoulder, through the crotch area, around the back of the dress and back up to the shoulder to meet the end of the tape measure. Record that measurement on your paper.
- Line the tape measure along the widest bust area of the ice skating dress. This is the bust line measurement. Write down the measurement.
- Determine the smallest area along the middle of the ice skating dress. Wrap your tape measure along this area for your waistline measurement. Record the measurement on your paper.
- Use the tape measure to measure the widest area towards the bottom. This will be your hip measurement.
- Measure the skater. If you are the skater you will want to have someone else take your measurements for you in order to get the most accurate measurement. Use the same steps to measure the skater's bust, torso, waist, and hip, as you did to measure the dress. Record the measurements on paper and compare them to the measurements of the ice skating dress to determine if it will fit.