A recent NPR article covering the disqualification of Olympic athletes due to issues relating to their uniforms is the latest of many reports that highlight clothing-related issues in sport that disportionately affect women.
The Olympic World Library, located at the Olympic Studies Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, has a handful of resources on the subject of gendered athletic attire. The relevant controlled vocabulary terms are: Fashion / Mode and Athlete Clothing / Vêtements des athlètes.
- When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear by Patricia Campbell Warner.
- Sportswomen’s Apparel Around the World: Uniformly Discussed by Linda K. Fuller.
- Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 by Kevin L. Jones and Christina M. Johnson.
- All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Run: Women’s Uniforms and Clothing in the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1932 by Amanda Schweinbenz.
- “Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee” – But Only If You Dress Like a Girl: An Analysis of the Feminization of Female Olympic Athletes Through Athletic Attire by Amanda Schweinbenz.
- Sport und Mode: eine Untersuchung über den Zusammenhang zwischen Körperlichkeit und Bekleidung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der weiblichen Körper-Problematik by Gabriele Splett.
Images: Equipment Guidelines / International Ski Federation / 2021 https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/v1623221580/fis-prod/assets/document-library/ski-jumping/Equipment-Guidelines.pdf.
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