MAY 1st IS INTERNATIONAL JOCKSTRAP APPRECIATION DAY!
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onsdag, maj 1, 2024
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, May 1st, BIKE Athletic invited some of Broadway's finest men to Times Square to shimmy and shake, dance and disrobe down to their jockstraps in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Jockstrap and Jockstrap Appreciation Day. These talented men are dancers from Broadway Bares, the annual, larger-than-life burlesque production that's produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Key Points:
- NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, May 1st, BIKE Athletic invited some of Broadway's finest men to Times Square to shimmy and shake, dance and disrobe down to their jockstraps in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Jockstrap and Jockstrap Appreciation Day.
- 2024 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Jockstrap.
- HISTORY: The jockstrap was invented by C. F. Bennett to protect bicycle jockeys riding cobblestone streets.
- The structure and comfort provided by the jockstrap led to the birth of modern men's underwear.