Garment

An underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment for a female wearer, comprising an open-sided structural frame and a fabric covering for the structural frame, the structural frame including an anterior contoured loop and a posterior stem, the anterior contoured loop and the posterior stem being relative to an anterior and posterior of the female wearer of the garment, respectively, in normal use, wherein the anterior contoured loop is adapted for surrounding a mons-pubis region, genitals and anus of the female wearer and has a perimeter that is contoured to conform to and engage with anatomy of the female wearer;

• wherein a portion of the perimeter of the anterior contoured loop is adapted for tensioned engagement with inner thigh muscles of the female wearer under compressive force applied to the perimeter by the inner thigh muscles of the female wearer when worn, in a standing position or whilst walking;
• wherein the posterior stem is shaped so as to be engageable by gluteus maximus muscles of the female wearer when worn;
• and wherein the anterior contoured loop and the posterior stem are formed in a spring-biased arrangement relative to one another such that when the underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment is worn on the female body, a tensile force is transferrable from the posterior stem to the anterior contoured loop, wherein the perimeter of the anterior contoured loop comprises an anterior portion adapted for surrounding the mons-pubis region and an inferior portion adapted for surrounding a labia majora and the anus;
• wherein the inferior portion of the perimeter includes a parabolic curvature having positive and negative curvature adapted for engagement with the anatomy of the female wearer between a vaginal and anal region of the female wearer.