Lisa McKinnon

Lisa McKinnon is a costume designer who specializes in creating figure skating costumes.

Early life McKinnon is from Mariestad, Sweden. She began skating at age 4 and competed for Sweden. She started sewing her own costumes and practice wear around age 10–12, and she recalled a competition at age 15 as the moment she began to attract attention for her designs. During this time, she continued to make costumes, and she spent her summer breaks from shows in the United States. After retiring from shows, she moved there, first to Las Vegas and then Los Angeles. She has expressed an interest in expanding from figure skating costumes to bridal and evening wear, citing inspiration from Vera Wang.

She was a long-time collaborator with World silver medalist Ashley Wagner and also worked with 2022 Olympic team event gold medalist Karen Chen. In 2017, both skaters wore McKinnon's designs on the U.S. Championships podium; she said, "I drank a lot of champagne and I definitely shed some tears" on seeing this moment on television. McKinnon has collaborated with Starr Andrews for many years as well.

Four years after beginning her company, 16 of her costumes were worn at the 2018 Winter Olympics. every member of the American and South Korean women's teams wore a costume she designed.

Design process McKinnon typically begins a collaboration by asking about the skater's program, including the style and whether it has a message, then listens to their music while creating a design sketch. In some cases, skaters and choreographers may bring their own ideas for their design to the collaboration, or skaters may want to elicit feedback on her design from coaches, judges, and others they work with. However, she primarily sources her fabric from the Los Angeles Fashion District. Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko Amber Glenn Lee Hae-in Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot Maia Shibutani Shin Ji-a Ashley Wagner Vincent Zhou Zhu Yi Ava Marie Ziegler