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