The Basketball jerseys Australia supporters are proud of have not escaped the fashion roller coaster of the past century. They have gone from baggy to form fitting and back to baggy in the present day. This sport is more than a century old and prior to the 1920s, there were no basketball uniforms. People played the sport in comfortable clothing and shoes, until it became more recognized as a sport and the first uniform consisting of medium length shorts, sleeveless body fitting jerseys and flat shoes, was designed. Uniforms where initially made from stretchable wool, which was hard to maintain and care for and was uncomfortable to wear as it kept you warm. Between the 1920s to the 1970s uniforms where tighter, until 1984 when a famous basketball player changed the way the uniform looks. This when the shorts became baggier and the tops became more and more lose.
