The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) announced its 2020 inductees, including a three-woman team credited with the sports bra:
reported in 2017, Lindahl “tried everything from binding herself with an elastic bandage to going entirely braless, which drew harassment from passing drivers ... [and] finally settled on a regular bra that was one size too small.” It helped with bouncing somewhat, but wasn’t comfortable.
Lindahl’s husband reportedly joked that she and her sister Polly Smith, a costume-maker at UVM, should try using a jockstrap, and Smith did just that, sewing two of them together with the straps forming an X in the back. Lindahl and Smith improved their prototype with more comfortable, breathable fabric and a sturdier shape, and the jock bra was born.
Lindahl then joined with mutual friend, fellow costumer, and future Vermont legislator Hinda Miller to make a business out the garment, which they decided to market instead as “the Jogbra.” The team sold Jogbra to undergarment leader Playtex in 1990, and the garment has only gotten more popular and advanced since, thanks in large part to dedicated researchers likeToday, one of Lindahl and Smith’s earliest jockstrap-based bras is bronzed and on display in the lobby of UVM’s campus theater; two others are kept in major museums.
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