A garment is manufactured by printing an ink including at least five percent of a ceramic by weight onto a first side of a fabric portion to provide a fabric with a ceramic print, the ceramic print covering at least ten percent and less than ninety percent of the inside of the fabric portion, and incorporating the fabric with the ceramic print into a garment with the first side of the fabric portion on an inside of the garment such that the ceramic print is exposed on the inside of the garment. In addition, a garment includes a fabric panel having an inner, user-facing side and an outer side opposite the inner side, and a discontinuous printed layer disposed on the inner side of the fabric panel, the printed layer including a heat retaining material and a binder, where the heat retaining material is present in an amount effective to provide heat retention properties to the fabric panel.

Disclosed herein are protective garments comprising an inner surface or portion of an inner surface with both absorbent and stain resistant properties while maintaining the soft feel, breathability and aesthetic properties associated with traditional non protective intimate apparel. The fabrics and methods of constructing the garments are also disclosed herein.

Provided is an elastic circular-knitted fabric that can be used for clothing such as underclothes, sportswear, or casual wear, and that is stretchable and has a pleasant feel. This elastic circular-knitted fabric contains knitted loops (c1) composed of non-elastic fibers, and knitted loops (c2) composed of non-elastic fibers and elastic fibers. The knitted loops (c2) composed of the non-elastic fibers and elastic fibers exist in the elastic circular-knitted fabric at a ratio of one course for every two courses. In a slope of the elongation stress curve in the warp direction and weft direction of the elastic circular-knitted fabric, a ratio (a2/a1) of a slope (a1) at 0-40% elongation to a slope (a2) at 40-80% elongation is no more than 1.0 in the respective directions, and the standard deviation of unevenness between the loops on the rear surface of the elastic circular-knitted fabric is 0.5 or below.

Provided is a warp-knitted fabric configured by a first yarn, a second yarn, and a third yarn, wherein the first yarn and the second yarn are elastic yarns; the third yarn is a nonelastic yarn; and an amplitude A of the first yarn, an amplitude B of the second yarn, and an amplitude C of the third yarn satisfy relationships of AB and AC. Provided is an elastic article including the warp-knitted fabric above.

Provided is a warp-knitted fabric configured by a first yarn, a second yarn, and a third yarn, wherein the first yarn and the second yarn are elastic yarns; the third yarn is a nonelastic yarn; and an amplitude A of the first yarn, an amplitude B of the second yarn, and an amplitude C of the third yarn satisfy relationships of AB and AC. Provided is an elastic article including the warp-knitted fabric above.

An item of protective apparel can be formed from a compression particulate blocking fabric. The compression particulate blocking fabric may include an outer layer and a particulate blocking layer bonded to the outer layer. The particulate blocking layer is configured to block particulates within a predetermined size range from passing through the particulate blocking layer. The compression particulate blocking fabric may also include an inner layer bonded to the particulate blocking layer opposite to the outer layer. The compression particulate blocking fabric may also provide compression on a body part of a wearer of the item of protective apparel.

The invention provides an antimicrobial fiber which exhibits excellent antimicrobial properties even without the addition of antimicrobial agents and can remain antimicrobial even after repeated washing. The antimicrobial fiber comprises a fiber having on a surface thereof a polyacetal copolymer (X) containing oxyalkylene groups, the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups in the polyacetal copolymer (X) being 0.2 to 5 mol % relative to the total of the molar amount of oxymethylene groups and the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups.

Differing from conventional approaches for improving sexual dysfunction of an adult man being commonly achieved by letting the adult man administer a dosage of synthetic drug or a composition of Chinese herbal medicines, the present invention particularly discloses a method for treating male sexual dysfunction by using underpants comprising far-infrared fibers. Clinical data have proved that, after wearing this underpants for 3 months, both the men diagnosed with sexual dysfunction and the men not sure to suffer from sexual dysfunction have an apparent progress on improvements of their erectile ability, erectile quality, ejaculation control ability, and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Moreover, clinical data have also proved that, despite the fact that a male person wears the underpants provided by the present invention for three months, there is no adverse effect induced by the underpants for causing the physiological condition of the men be abnormal.

Differing from conventional approaches for improving sexual dysfunction of an adult man being commonly achieved by letting the adult man administer a dosage of synthetic drug or a composition of Chinese herbal medicines, the present invention particularly discloses a method for treating male sexual dysfunction by using underpants comprising far-infrared fibers. Clinical data have proved that, after wearing this underpants for 3 months, both the men diagnosed with sexual dysfunction and the men not sure to suffer from sexual dysfunction have an apparent progress on improvements of their erectile ability, erectile quality, ejaculation control ability, and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Moreover, clinical data have also proved that, despite the fact that a male person wears the underpants provided by the present invention for three months, there is no adverse effect induced by the underpants for causing the physiological condition of the men be abnormal.

A product including a sock implement made by a sock knitting process, in which the sock implement is made from a non-slippery material. A reflexology map section being disposed on a proximate bottom portion of the sock implement, wherein a reflexology map is woven into the sock implement at the reflexology map section to maintain an integrity of said reflexology map after multiple washes. An indicator of at least a plurality of pressure points, wherein said woven reflexology map is configured to produce a variation in texture at proximate edges of each pressure point as a tactile boundary with the plurality of thread materials having different textures.