Figure Skating Costume worn by Tai Babilonia at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships
date: label: Date made
content: 1979
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Electric blue one piece body suit with long sleeves and a short skirt attached to the suit. Rhinestones are sewn onto the shoulders, down the front, and on the sleeve cuffs. This costume was worn by Tai Babilonia when she and her partner Randy Gardner won the gold at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships. The pair won five U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 1976-1980, and qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Figure skating
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Tai Babilonia
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0079.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0079.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Costume
label: Object Name
content: costume, figure skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, synthetic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rhinestones (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 24 1/2 in; 134.62 cm x 62.23 cm