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The Bikini Basketball Association (BBA) was an American women's basketball league, created by Cedric Mitchell and A. J. McArthur in 2012. The announcement received wide press coverage with pundits finding it variously funny, offensive, and smart business. Contrary to the name, the players wear sports bras and boy shorts, not bikinis, during games.
Jogbra, back view with packaging, "The Professional Athletic Support Bra That Keeps Breasts from Bouncing" A woman wearing sports-bra and boy shorts as casual wear while walking in public, Sydney, 2012. The first commercially available sports bra was the "Free Swing Tennis Bra" introduced by Glamorise Foundations, Inc. in 1975. [3]
Two Tahitian Women (1899) by Paul Gauguin. The word "topless" usually refers to a woman whose breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed to public view. It can describe a woman who appears, poses, or performs with her breasts exposed, such as a "topless model" or "topless dancer", or to an activity undertaken while not wearing a top, such as "topless sunbathing".
The Bikini Basketball Association is an American women's basketball league, created by Cedric Mitchell and A. J. McArthur in 2012. [129] The players wear sports bras and boy shorts, during games. [130] Commentators found it variously funny, [131] offensive, [132] and smart business. [133]
About 70% of women who wear bras wear a steel underwire bra according to underwear manufacturer S&S Industries of New York in 2009. [259] In 2001, 70% (350 million) of the bras sold in the U.S. were underwire bras. [260] [259] As of 2005, underwire bras were the fastest-growing segment of the market. [261]
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.
In an online survey for All You magazine in 2013, 25 percent of women reported that they do not wear a bra every day. [139] Surveys have reported that 5–25 per cent of Western women do not wear a bra. [123] [140] [141] A National No Bra Day was first observed in the United States on 9 July 2011. [142]
Sportswear also includes sports bras for running, crop tops, or a bikini top. Sportswear is often worn as casual fashion clothing. For most sports the athletes wear a combination of different items of clothing, e.g. sport shoes, pants and shirts. In some sports, protective gear may need to be worn, such as helmets or American football body armour.