The present invention is directed toward an article of apparel including a storage system. In an embodiment, the article of apparel is an athletic brassiere (sports bra) including cups and lateral wings that wrap along the sides of the user. At least one of the wings defines a pocket adapted to receive an object for storage. The pocket includes a tension closure member that applies increasing pressure across the pocket opening as the load on the member increases. The storage system may further include an envelope adapted to be received by the pocket. The envelope, which may be water resistant, includes a tension closure member operable to apply increasing pressure along the envelope opening as load across the member increases.

The present invention teaches an apparatus for supporting, shaping, contouring, manipulating and lifting body parts in an inconspicuous and comfortable manner, which obviates or mitigates at least one disadvantage of the prior art. A single or double-sided coated adhesive with a variety of different textiles on the second side according to the pre-cut cut lifts and cupped lifts and their placement and function on the body. The body contouring adhesive is make-up blendable, cotton-lined for comfort for sensitive areas and acts as a secondary muscle in lifting, shaping and manipulating body part.

A vapor-permeable waterproof sock includes a cylindrical main body including a cloth having vapor permeability and that is waterproof. The vapor-permeable waterproof sock covers a range from a foot tip portion to a crus portion. The cylindrical main body includes a plurality of cloth areas, each of which expands and contacts more easily in one direction as compared with other directions. The plurality of cloth areas are joined together, and include a crus cloth area expanding and contracting more easily in a circumferential direction of the crus portion as compared with in a longitudinal direction of the crus portion, the crus cloth area covering the crus portion; and a planta portion cloth area expanding and contacting more easily in a longitudinal direction of the planta portion as compared with a width direction of the planta portion.

Waterproof, breathable socks, booties, shoe inserts, and footwear assemblies containing the shoe inserts are provided. The booties and shoe inserts may include a laminate comprising a seamless extensible film, such as a polyurethane film, and at least one textile. The bootie is suitable for a range of sizes and shoe shapes. The bootie may shrink to fit, or, alternatively, be stretched to fit, an asymmetrical last having a desired size to form a shoe insert. A bootie having a seamless extensible film eliminates the need to have multiple sizes of shoe inserts correlating to particular shoe sizes. In embodiments where the polyurethane film is seamless and continuous, the shoe insert eliminates the need for a waterproof seam tape, which is conventionally used to make shoe inserts waterproof. Methods of forming the socks, booties, and shoe inserts are also provided.