A fitness bra in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure includes first and second cup assemblies, wherein the first and second cup assemblies are connected or connectable to each other, each of the first and second cup assemblies configured with a support assembly including a first support and a second support, a band system configured for coupling the first and second cup assemblies to the body of a user, and a shoulder strap system configured to provide at least one of vertical and diagonal lifting for first and second cup assemblies.

Articles, such as garments, including films comprising dried aqueous polyurethane dispersions are disclosed, whereby the garment has an altered stress which is exhibited during wear of the garment and/or has one or more sections of waterproof or water-resilient fabric. The film may be bonded to the fabric of the article to provide a fabric or film laminate.

Embodiments of the disclosed technology relate to wire-free push-up brassieres having the versatility to provide enhanced lift, support, and comfort across a range of breast sizes. A wire-free push-up brassiere disclosed herein includes a hinge that extends along a bottom edge of the padded portions of cups of the brassiere. The hinge may be a stabilizing channel formed between the bottom edge of the padded cup portions and a top edge of the cradle. The hinge may be formed of a stabilizing material that provides the hinge with both rigidity and flexibility. In particular, the stabilizing material may impart a rigidity to the hinge that reinforces the breast support provided by the cups, thereby enhancing the push-up characteristics of the brassiere. At the same time, the stabilizing material may have enough flexibility to allow the hinge to accommodate a range of breast sizes.

A supporting garment article such as a brassiere comprises a layer of elastomer provided in a graduating manner such that the area density of the elastomer vanes across a first region of the garment article. Supporting garment articles of the present disclosure provide the support of a constructed bra while maintaining the comfort factor of an unconstructed bra such as a bralette. The present disclosure provides a superior medium support bra using graduated application of an elastomer such as silicone, bonding, extrusion and dry moulding techniques.

Articles, such as garments, including films comprising dried aqueous polyurethane dispersions are disclosed, whereby the garment has an altered stress which is exhibited during wear of the garment. The film may be bonded to the fabric of the article to provide a fabric or film laminate.

A process for manufacturing an undergarment having two superimposed textiles, comprising depositing on certain parts of reinforcements (8) comprising a thick layer of a shaped memory foam elastic material, the polymerization of this material and also the shaping of the textiles of the undergarment by thermoforming, characterized in that it comprises a step of depositing, on the entire surface of at least the textiles, a thin layer of an elastic adhesive-bonding material, and then a step of polymerizing this thin layer of adhesive bonding during the thermoforming for shaping, and in that it comprises a step of prior depositing, on the textile receiving the layer of reinforcement (8), of a barrier layer of an elastic material, which is polymerized before the depositing of this reinforcement.

A brassiere includes a body portion configured to at least partially encircle a wearer of the brassiere. The body portion includes a torso band configured to at least partially encircle a wearer of the brassiere, and a pair of breast cups including a first breast cup and a second breast cup. The pair of breast cups are configured to support breasts of the wearer. The brassiere further includes an under-bust support adhered to the body portion adjacent to a lower periphery of the pair of breast cups.

A brassiere (1) with at least one underwire designed to be disposed at least at the lower join zone between each breast and the trunk of a user, the brassiere (1) including two cups (2, 3) designed to cover the breasts at least in part and onto which the underwire is fastened, characterized in that it includes at least one basque (e.g., cradle), (4) disposed on brassiere (1), so as to there-with cover at least the underwiring, and designed to be interposed between at least the underwiring and the body of the user.

A fused brassiere according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an outer fabric having elasticity; a lining having elasticity and configured to form a first pocket portion and a second pocket portion by being bonded to the outer fabric by being compressed against an inner surface of the outer fabric; a first cup-shaped pad portion and a second cup-shaped pad portion inserted into the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion, respectively; and a core member made of a material having elasticity lower than the outer fabric, formed in a region between the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion and in a circumferential portion of the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion, disposed between the outer fabric and the lining, and bonded together when the outer fabric and the lining are compressed against each other, wherein the core member includes: a first connecting portion formed to surround lower portions of the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion; a second connecting portion formed to surround upper portions of the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion; and a third connecting portion connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion to each other, wherein a first cup-shaped pad portion includes a first breast point BP1, and a second cup-shaped pad portion includes a second breast point BP2; and wherein the first connecting portion is formed to surround the first pocket portion and the second pocket portion so that when viewed from the front, opposite ends of the first connecting portion are disposed higher than the first breast point and the second breast point, respectively.

The present invention is directed to a shapewear garment, a shapewear garment system, and methods of manufacture thereof. The shapewear garments are configured to provide various levels of compression on the body of a wearer for shaping desired areas of the wearer's body. In an exemplary embodiment, the shapewear garment system is formed of two shapewear garments, with one of the shapewear garments being applied on the body of the wearer first for conditioning the body of the wearer to receive the other of the shapewear garments over the one shapewear garment in overlapping relationship thereof.