On A Fashion Roll

With the popularity of throwback jerseys still in full swing — old-school NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB jerseys are showing up on celebrities and regular folks alike — yet another sport has been added to the mix: women's roller-derby uniforms. Until now, "nobody has done a true vintage-sports line for women actually based on garments that were historically worn," says Jerry Cohen, co-owner of Stall and Dean, which launched the roller-derby line. "We have sold out of our first production run." The body-hugging tops and shorts represent four teams from the 1950s to the '70s: the O'Reily Renegades, the New York Bombers, the Latin Liberators and the Kansas City Bombers.

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