Sportswear
= Day (before 6 p.m.) = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour = Ladies = Gentlemen Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise.
Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons.
Typical sport-specific garments include tracksuits, shorts, football or basketball jerseys, t-shirts and polo shirts.
Especially in team sports which involved blocking, intercepting, or pursuing small, hard projectiles such as cricket, baseball, and hockey (where balls or pucks are struck to speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour (45 m/s)) jockstraps (or jillstraps) are standard equipment at higher levels of play.
Some protective or supportive orthotics resemble and function as undergarments (especially flexible harnesses and braces); though intended to be worn for sports, these are not generally conceived of as sportswear per se.
Apparel for long-distance running will keep the wearer in good comfort if it has excellent moisture wicking properties to enable sweat to transfer from the inside to the outside for the garment.
In wealthy and rising economies, sportswear is a major consumption category in the personal health, luxury goods and leisure space, associated with aggressive media presence and marketing strategies of global scope, often centered around endorsements from celebrity athletes.
At the very highest levels of performance, the durability requirement of a costly and technically advanced item of sportswear can be as short as a single competitive event.
At lower levels of competition and participation, there are many possible trade-offs between form, function, aesthetics (fashion), performance style, durability and cost.
This has led to an almost bewildering array of product offerings, especially where the collision between all these variables is most intense, in particular footwear (most especially sneakers), with seasonal issues, tweaks, and respins from all the major brands, elevated to the level of iconic symbols in some cultural subgroups.
The best athletic wear for some forms of exercise, for example cycling, is typically lightweight, stretchy and form-fitting rather than bulky, so it does not create interference with the activity.On the other hand, sportswear should be loose enough to restrict movement.
Various physically dangerous sports require protective gear, e.g. for fencing, American football, or ice hockey.
Spandex is the preferred material for form-fitting sportswear, such as used in wrestling, track & field, dance, gymnastics, speed skating, and swimming.
In some sports, there are regulations limiting the size or design of sponsorship brand names and logos on items of clothing.
[dubious – discuss] Besides the fact that your body can perform better,[clarification needed] it will chemically free prevent odors because a bacteria microclimate cannot grow on dry skin.
[clarification needed] This broad category of fabrics is used to make garments like T-shirts, sports bras, running and cycling jerseys, socks, tracksuits, and polo-style shirts for any physical activity where the goal is to keep your skin as cool and dry as possible.
[citation needed] Sportswear also includes the variety of protective gear required for contact sports such as lacrosse, boxing and ice hockey.
Headgear is required for most sports with high risk of head injuries such as American football, bobsledding and cycling.
Although new rules of safe play have been in effect, players are still in danger of brain damage due to repeated blows to the head.
Contact or some team sports have a risk of causing injuries related with the mouth, jaw, teeth and oral soft tissues.
[citation needed] Golf attire though, is also being influenced by modern fabrics and trends that stress function and durability.
Athletes in all sports are showing a preference for moisture-wicking fabrics, crisp details, and modern fashionable colors.
