A bra to enable monitoring of a wearers heart rate. There is provided a bra comprising a left breast cup a right breast cup and a centre gore attached between the left and right breast cups. Each of the left and right breast cups comprises a lower edge region which is shaped to follow the shape of a wearers breast and is shaped to be positioned below a wearers breast to support the breast, and wherein the lower edge region comprises an electrically conductive fabric layer on the inner surface for contact with the users skin. The centre gore comprises an attachment area for attachment of a transmitter and an electrically conductive pathway from the electrically conductive fabric of the lower regions of the breast cups to the attachment area. Bra components for providing electrical pathways are also provided.
