Triumph offer 'Hat-trick' bra

Triumph offer 'Hat-trick' bra

TOKYO: A Japanese lingerie maker is keeping abreast of the
World Cup bandwagon with a special "Hat-trick" bra designed to
commemorate the finals of the football tournament here in three
and a half weeks.

The cup of the brassiere, unveiled Tuesday by Triumph
International Japan Inc, is covered with netting and its padding
is patterned to look like a soccer ball.

It is matched with a pair of shorts embroidered with the image
of a goal-keeper catching a ball.

Triumph said it will market a limited edition of 100 sets of
the underwear from Friday to commemorate World Cup finals to be
co-hosted by Japan and South Korea from May 31 to June 30.

The "Hat-trick" sets, priced at 17,000 yen (US$130) apiece,
will be sold at department stores in and around Tokyo.

Triumph, a member of the German underwear giant Triumph Group,
is famous for its novelty bras.

Last November it displayed a "Triumph Baseball Bra", which
featured realistic fielders' mitts playing an important
supportive role.

The bra, which was not for sale, was a tribute to Japanese
baseball players such as US major league stars Ichiro Suzuki and
Kazuhiro Sasaki.

Triumph also developed the pure gold and diamond "Millennium
Bra" in late 1999, which cost some 200 million yen ($1.7
million). --AFP