At Nike, the brand's third collaboration with Japanese designer Jun Takahashi has yielded a high-tech running jacket in which the super-ventilated hood and arms can be zipped out of the slim-fitting body.

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Using ergonomics and fitting riders through our Body Geometry Fit, we've only just begun to help riders be one with their bike.

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That led the Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) to begin making female body armor prototypes based on sizing and fitting tests.

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The power of a large and heavy size super-telephoto lens is available on the compact body of the SP-720UZ, fitting in the palm of your hand, and making it the perfect companion for keeping baggage light on a trip.

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She adds that haughty clients usually ease up when they realize that La Perla's lingerie is made for the Italian body, and that they need help with fitting.

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But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new female body armor starting next summer.

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The MoD says the new body armour has "all the stopping power of the kit it is replacing, but is lighter, closer fitting and easier to move in".

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