Etnies' Undies

SKATER GIRL: At skate brand Etnies, team riders come first. The Lake Forest, Calif.–based company launched a petite offering of girls’ underwear for Holiday 2005 and Spring 2006, including a bra and panty set inspired by team rider Elissa Steamer. “[Elissa] approached me to make her an underwire bra that she could skate in and would be comfortable,” said Eunjoo Kim, Etnies’ girls’ apparel designer, who said she was continually inspired by Etnies’ skate team riders. The cotton/spandex underwire bra features Steamer’s favorite creature, the Tyrannosaurus rex, in an all-over print. Kim added that the bra and panty set was a thank-you to Steamer for her support as an Etnies team rider since 1996 and as the only girl team skater to have her own pro skate shoe with Etnies. The company first added underwear sets as a gift item for Holiday 2005 and continues to offer the three-pack of undies with seasonal prints that tie back to the T-shirt graphics. —Rhea Cortado

KEY LOOKS: A cotton/spandex bra and boyshort with multicolored dinosaur print and a three-pack of boy-style tighty-whities with a butterfly, anchor and leopard print

WHOLESALE PRICE POINTS: $6 for boyshort, $7 for bra, $12 for three-pack

WHOLESALE CONTACT: Sole Technology (949) 460-2020