We are grateful to David Gray at YogaBear Studio for sharing his collection of straps with us, fully packed with his community of amazing models. Can you still recall the electrifying sensation of the bareness of your behind when you first tried one on for high school gym class? Since 1874 the jockstrap has come to be associated with sports, athletes, and go-go boys. Bennett’s mind that he was creating the most sexualized piece of clothing invented for men since the loincloth? We picture hours of sessions with young volunteers as Bennett wrapped and tucked straps and cups about the lads' nether regions, testing for support, pliancy, and protection.ĭid it ever cross C.F. Bennett was very always thinking about the genital comfort of the bike jockeys. was deeply concerned about the comfort and health of young bike messengers as they traveled over cobblestone streets.
Bennett in Chicago, as he was inventing the first jockey, or jock, strap.
Let’s set the Way-Back Machine for 1874, to the research lab of C.F.
