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Sports top bra in white Tactel with cotton.
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| Materials and techniques | Tactel with cotton |
| Brief description | Sports top bra in Tactel with cotton, retailed by Marks and Spencer PLC., Great Britain, 1996 |
| Physical description | Sports top bra in white Tactel with cotton. |
| Dimensions | - Bust measured inside garment circumference: 62cm
(unstretched)
(Note: Measured by Conservation)
- Underbust measured inside garment circumference: 54cm
(unstretched)
(Note: Measured by Conservation)
- Across back width: 24.5cm
(Note: Measured by Conservation)
- Nape underbust length: 28.5cm
(Note: Measured by Conservation)
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| Gallery label | - (2013-2015)
- From the 1970s onwards, exercise became the fashionable method of figure control. The fashionable body was slim but toned, and Jane Fonda and other leotard-clad fitness gurus led record numbers of women in aerobics and exercise classes. In 1977, American designers and jogging partners, Hinda Miller and Lisa Lindahl, created a jogging bra, made from two jockstraps, to stop women's breasts bouncing as they exercised. Developments in synthetic stretch fabrics soon allowed for sophisticated support and breathable garments such as this.
Sports bra
Marks & Spencer
Britain, 1996
Tactel nylon with cotton
V&A: T.498-1996 - (16/04/2016-12/03/2017)
- Light, soft and strong
Marks & Spencer is Britain's foremost retailer of underwear. It began selling underwear in the 1920s. In 1934 it became the first British retailer to establish its own research laboratory to pioneer new fabrics.
This sports bra incorporates Tactel, a synthetic fibre introduced in the 1990s. Tactel is breathable, light, soft, strong and quick to dry.
Sports bra
Marks & Spencer
Britain, 1996
Tactel and cotton
V&A: T.498-1996
Given by the company - (1997)
- Sports and dancewear have greatly influenced underclothes since the late 1970s; the body and bandeau-style bra are now standard. Postwar synthetics have revolutionised underwear. The newly developed 'silky' nylon material known as Tactel is durable and allows the skin to breathe.
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| Bibliographic reference | De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
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