Yes. I prefer athletic gear, like in other sports. During summer Olympics, women beach volleyball rose this issue, and I think it’s long overdue in figure skating. I think athletes should compete in gear that helps them, rather than hurts them. I watch a few Nature of Things shows where current champions try matching results in period gear. They all comment on how uncomfortable the old gear is. I think the same will happen if skaters are allowed to compete comfortably. I think it’s not an accident that N. Chen notoriously wore basically athletic attire his entire career. This is not what any woman figure skater can even contemplate.Are you suggesting skaters having no costumes at all?
See my other post on health concerns.
And, yes, costumes underscore economic inequality of skaters.
In the end of the day, womenswear in figureskating is absurd. I mean, people resisted introduction of helmets in hockey because their enjoyment was reduced without seeing players’ faces. But theyare okay. And they don’t demand hockey to be played in speedos no matter how many new fans such a move will bring. The fans will survive without upskirting and skaters will have fewer pneumonias, ice burns and maybe fall less as well as won’t have to scrape together every every year for a new wasteful, disposable, sweat-stinking piece of gauze and spandex.