A garment 1 indudes an outer fabric and a lining 2. The lining 2 is a stretch fabric. An elastic thread is partially inserted in the stretch fabric in the body width direction, and an elastic thread insertion portion 4 contracts to make gathers 5. The stretch fabric is a one-way fabric that is stretchable in the body width direction. It is preferable that a plurality of elastic threads are inserted in the stretch fabric in parallel with each other, and the gathers 5 are oriented in the body length direction. Thus, the garment has a high heat retention effect by dividing the space between the garment and the human body into small areas to prevent warm air from escaping to the outside.

A lightweight, breathable glove for baseball or softball is provided that generally includes a strap that extends over at least a portion of an opening in which a wearer may place his or her hand. The strap is at least partially made of an elastic material so that the strap can extend and contract. The glove may thus have a reduced weight to provide superior ease of use. Further, the conforming fit of the glove provides for enhanced control of the glove, which provides superior utility and performance for the glove, as well as other advantages. Alternatively, the glove may include a thong which may extend from the glove and may engage an elastic band at one of its ends. Thus, the elastic band may engage both the glove and the thong so that the size of the opening can increase and decrease due to the strap and/or elastic band.

Wearable item comprising a motion control system and a method of manufacturing thereof. The wearable item comprises a body-close wearable item which, when worn by a user, at least a part of the wearable item is positioned adjacent to the body of the user. The motion control system comprises at least one layer of strain-rate sensitive material configured to control motion of one or more body parts of the user.

A stretchable textile article (20) comprises a plurality of discrete textile members (22,24), each textile member (22,24) extending between a first end (26) and a second end (28), the first ends (26) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, the second ends (28) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, wherein the plurality of textile members (22,24) includes at least one first textile member (22) and at least one second textile member (24), the or each first textile member (22) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the first end (26) towards the second end (28), the or each second textile member (24) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the second end (28) towards the first end (26), wherein the stretchable textile article (20) further includes a compressible textile member (100) arranged to interconnect the first and second textile members (22,24) so that, in use, stretch of the stretchable textile article (20) in an orientation extending between the joined first ends (26) and the joined second ends (28) causes compression of the compressible textile member (100).

A brassiere includes a fabric panel including a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer. The first fabric layer includes a first material having a first modulus of elasticity and a second material having a second modulus of elasticity. The first modulus of elasticity is greater than the second modulus of elasticity. An auxetic structure is formed by the first material on the first fabric layer, the auxetic structure comprising a pattern of reentrant shapes. The second fabric layer is coupled to the first fabric layer along a perimeter portion of the fabric panel. The second fabric layer free-floating relative to the first fabric layer at a central body portion located within the perimeter portion of the fabric panel.

Silk performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties and increased resistance to microbial growth.

A lower body garment has a pair of legs having an upper edge located below a wearer's pregnant belly and a waistband connected to the upper edge. The waistband has a front waistband portion that substantially covers the wearer's pregnant belly and a rear waistband portion that covers the wearer's sacroiliac joints, and which, together with the front waistband portion, encircles the wearer's torso. The rear waistband portion has a rear three-layer section having an inner layer of fabric contacting the wearer's skin, an outer layer of fabric facing outwardly from the wearer, and a middle layer of material between the inner and outer layers of fabric. The front waistband portion has a front three-layer section and a front section having no middle layer of material. Stretch, recovery, and/or modulus of the three-layer sections may be greater than the same properties of the section having no middle layer of material.

A textile laminate includes a first side, a second side, and a plurality of spaced apart marks formed on the first side. The plurality of marks formed on the first side impart a roughened, uneven surface along the second side that corresponds with the first side, and a surface roughness of the second side varies based upon a degree of stretch applied to the textile laminate.

Disclosed is a training swimwear garment which include a base layer suitable to cover at least a portion of the upper torso of a wearer, the base layer having an abdomen region, a shoulder region, and a back region, and the base layer includes compressive and non-compressive fabric. The training swimwear includes a plurality of elastic straps spanning from an anterior of the shoulder region to the back region, configured to provide tension to produce a desired shoulder posture of the wearer. The training swimwear includes a plurality of panels connected with the base layer, the panels including an abdomen panel covering the abdomen region, and a back panel covering the back region, and the panels are configured to be buoyant to produce a desired body posture of the wearer.

The disclosure relates generally to compression garments. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a compression fabric garment with storage compartments. In yet another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a garment with a front having a double layer of compression fabric and a storage compartment. The disclosure also relates to methods of assembling and using a double layer compression fabric garment with storage compartments.