As Recently as 1976, the Sports Bra Didn't Exist

"Everyone has their stories of what they did," Hinda Miller tells NPR. "I used to use two bras." 

The sports bra—invented by University of Vermont staffers Miller, Lisa Lindahl, and Polly Smith in 1977—celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Miller had started jogging but didn't know how to handle the painful bouncing of her breasts. 

Lindahl was having a similar problem and went to Smith, who made costumes for the university's theater department. The three women put their heads together on building a better bra, eventually finding inspiration when Lindahl's joking husband put two jock straps around his chest.

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