An adjustable athletic bra that provides support laterally (side to side), vertically (up and down), and in and out to provide stability in multiple directions.

An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion having a knit textile region, which includes a plurality of courses fully spanning a dome-shaped portion. In addition, the knit textile region includes a plurality of partial-length courses partially spanning the dome-shaped portion.

A multi-layered nursing garment including a shoulder strap, a support strap, an inner breast cup, an outer breast cup, and multiple connectors including: a first connector attached to the outer breast cup; a second connector attached to the shoulder strap; a third connector attached to the inner breast cup; a fourth connector attached to the outer breast cup; and a fifth connector (support strap connector) attached to the support strap. In various modes, opening/lowering of the outer breast cup is achieved concurrently or independently of the inner breast cup and vice versa to selectively facilitate breastfeeding and/or breast pumping (e.g., hands-free breast pumping).

A bra cup for a bra includes an inner layer of material configured to face a wearer's breast when the bra is worn and an outer layer of material configured to face away from the wearer when the bra is worn. An outer face of the inner layer of material is adjacent an inner face of the outer layer of material. A thin polymer web is disposed on the outer face of the inner layer of material. A bra including the bra cup and a method of manufacturing the bra cup are also disclosed.

Articles of clothing are provided. An article of clothing includes a band. The band includes a back portion and a front portion. The front portion is seamlessly connected to the back portion. Moreover, the front portion includes a respective cup region that is formed with an extensibility. The extensibility varies from a base of the respective cup region to a top of the respective cup region.

An upper-torso garment includes a tubular-jacquard knit structure within a chest-covering portion. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes interlocked courses formed by each front-stitch course intermittently interlocking with a back-stitch course. The tubular-jacquard knit structure is divided into a plurality of zones across the chest-covering portion that may vary based on how front-stitch courses interlock with back-stitch courses.

The present disclosure discloses a garment for being used as a nursing bra and a suitable breast pad that is adapted to be fitted into pad pockets of the nursing bra. The nursing bra is basically made of a seamless knitted fabric and with an attachment of additional second fabric layer to the seamless knitted fabric pad pockets are being formed between the seamless knitted fabric and the second fabric. These pad pockets are accessible from respective openings that are formed in the second fabric at a position suitable for receiving a nipple of a wearer such. Furthermore, the openings are designed so as to allow relatively easy insertion and removal of the breast pad into and from the pad pockets. Thus, when the breast pads are accommodated within the pad pockets, a nipple wearer engages the breast pads such that any leakage of breastmilk is absorbed by the breast pad and the rest of the bra maintains dry. The pads are secured in their position when being received in the pockets to avoid misalignment of the nipple with the pad such that even during activity or sleep, the pads maintain in contact with the nipple and absorb the liquid or moisture deriving therefrom.

A brassiere and associated method of manufacture is presented. A graticulate support member is producible by additive printing. The graticulate support member may be positioned between each of a first cup cover and a second cup cover of the brassiere. The graticulate support member may include a thickness gradient devised to maintain rigidity of the formed cup from a maximum thickness medially centered at a first edge of the graticulate support member towards a minimum thickness realized at the extremity of a second edge.

An upper-torso garment includes a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone includes a knit structure with a single course of tuck binder stitches and having a first amount of flexural rigidity, and the second knit zone includes a knit structure with a plurality of tuck binder courses and having a second amount of flexural rigidity, which is different than the first amount of flexural rigidity.

A torso garment, such as a brassiere or brief, includes a body formed of inner and outer layers, the body including at least one torso band extending from a portion of the body, where the inner and outer layers overlap along a fold line of the torso garment. The torso garment includes an elastomeric band positioned between the inner and outer layers proximate the fold line.