Derriere Equestrian empowering riders to feel confident,
comfortable, healthy and stylish in their sporting underwear.
The DE Sportief Bra
Equestrianism isn’t just about sitting comfortably - but
also about riding comfortably. And for women, that means a comfortable bust.
Let’s remember that horse riding is a high impact sport that (whatever your
bust size) involves extensive vertical chest movement - and potentially lots of
bouncing! To avoid damage to the breast tissue, it is therefore important to
wear a good quality, well engineered sports bra to support the breasts.
Derriere
Equestrian are proud to announce the launch of the “DE Sportief Bra” After two
years of development, we will be bringing to the market a revolutionary, innovative, sports
bra designed specifically for the horse rider. A hybrid bra, delivering a
fusion of sporting excellence with the design style of luxury lingerie.
Designed to provide additional support during physical exercise, minimise breast movement, alleviate discomfort, and reduce potential damage caused to
chest ligaments.
Why do we wear a sports bra, as opposed to a ‘normal’ bra, for riding?
Breast tissue, which is made from both fat and glandular
(milk-producing) tissue, can become damaged and stretched when undertaking high
impact exercise. Our beautiful boobs are suspended by fibrous tissue called
Cooper’s ligaments (Fibrocollagenous Septa), but are still very vulnerable to
motion. In fact, studies have found that a good, supportive bra can prevent
damage to the breast tissues by 74 per cent, as opposed to an ‘everyday’ bra,
which compensates by around 38 per cent. It is important to wear a sports bra
when riding that provides full support to the Cooper's ligaments.
We are therefore pleased to announce our new Derriere
Sportief Bra - a sports bra which utilises high-tech fabrics, coupled with
brilliant design-features. We have developed a bra that boasts a fusion of the
two ‘styles’ of sports bra - encapsulation and compression. The Sportief
combines the perfect balance of breast compression and bust support, delivering
a blend of sporting excellence with lingerie design style. It is designed to
provide additional support during physical exercise, minimise breast movement,
alleviate discomfort, and reduce potential damage caused to the chest
ligaments. We truly believe it empowers lady riders to feel confident,
comfortable, healthy and stylish in their sporting underwear!
If you are not a fan of under-wiring, you will be pleased to
know that our carefully developed Derriere cupping system seam is designed to
lift, separate, shape, and support the rider’s breasts, removing the necessity
for underwire, and providing a higher grade of health benefits and safety
benefits for any high impact sport. Breast pain has been reportedly experienced
by over 70% of women during exercise - unsurprising given that more than half
of the ‘bounce’ experienced is from vertical forces [Gehlsen & Albohm; Scurr,
White & Hedger] - and we are delighted to help eradicate these problems for
sporting women. Underwired bras have been linked to health conditions including
breast pain, injury, rubbing, chaffing, mastitis, and allergies.
Hence, it has
been important to our team to design a sports bra with the encapsulation
benefits of underwiring, without using actual underwire, ensuring an effective
and safe garment for riders and all female sporting athletes.
The Sportief Bra has been two years in development, and is
made from high-tech, breathable, temperature-regulating fabric. It boasts comfortable,
robust straps to help alleviate neck strain, and the fabric wicks away moisture,
to evaporate; a clever, two tier fabric system breaks the surface tension of
sweat, and propels it through the hydrophobic layer into a secondary, natural
wicking outer layer.
Like our other undergarments, the racer-back-style Derriere
Sportief Bra with padded straps features completely seamless areas, to minimise
rubbing - the cup areas are therefore super-comfortable and soft to the touch. It
offers full zipped entry for easy access - so no more getting ‘stuck’ when you
try to remove your sports bra after a hot training session! As you’d expect
from Derriere, we have created a fashion-focussed product in a stunning
colourway that you will be proud to show off at your exercise class or gym - the
Sportief is no shrinking violet! Remember too that if you do choose to ride in
a ‘normal’ bra that the standard strap formation can be extremely inconvenient
and annoying, if the straps fall down beneath a show shirt, stock and jacket!
So our racer-style is practical too.
Because a good sports bra like the revolutionary, innovative Sportief bra from Derriere allows the
rider to actually sit up, open the chest area and hold the shoulders back
comfortably, wearers are able to use the postural muscles of the back to stay
vertical, in an optimised riding position. Whether we realise it or not,
sometimes female riders hunch forward or close the shoulders to compensate for
the bouncing movements. This potentially tips the head forward and the lower
back backwards; you may also end up drawing up the knees or tipping forward
onto your pelvic bone, causing the heels to come up; all of this results in
imbalance and a compromised connection with the horse. A good bra like the Sportief will offer full
support to the thoracic and lumbar spine, and aid the rider’s core stability,
control and strength. We also took care to offer padded support across the
rider’s trapezius muscles, which extend over the back of the neck and move the shoulder
blades, helping to prevent neck and shoulder pain, numbness and headaches.
Therefore to conclude, we do recommend that all horse
riders, no matter what their cup size, invest in at least a couple of sports
bras (so you always have one to hand while the other is being washed), to help
keep those boobies perky - after all, when we are horse riding, breast
discomfort is the last thing we want to be focussed on!
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