So as we all know the jockstrap can look slightly amusing and gain a few laughs, but the purpose in this modern day and age is that it's rather important to protect a man's modesty with all the ever increasingly popular contact sports.

But credit where credit's due, it seems to be climbing up the fashion ladder in it's own right, not just for use of hitting the gym or playing sport but as a more comfortable and supportive alternative to everyday undies.

Jockstraps may often be seen advertised these days as going down the sexier and risqué route, but the origins of the jock aren’t quite so and were intended to be extremely practical indeed...

It was in 1874 when the Bike Jockey Strap product was manufactured in the United States by the fashion forward company BIKE as a supporter that would protect the 'junk in the trunk' (Basically for any bikers who were having a doozy on the cobbled streets of Boston,) as they cycled about.