Moisture management bra

A launderable bra comprising moisture management thermomoulded 3D bra cups for supporting breasts, wherein each bra cup comprises a thermomoulded 3D breast/bra cup shaped laminated assembly comprising:

• a fluid wicking fabric component for wicking bodily fluid from a wearer's skin and having a first face contactable against the wearer's skin during normal use and having a second face;
• a fluid trapping core element for protecting the garment from fluid leaks by trapping wicked bodily fluid therein, the fluid trapping core element having a first face that is laminated to the second face of the fluid wicking fabric component, and
• a moisture barrier fabric component, the moisture barrier fabric component having a first side that is laminated to a second face of the fluid trapping core element,
• the fluid trapping core element comprising a fluid trapping fabric component and a foam fluid trapping bra cup scaffold component, wherein the first face of the fluid trapping core element is on the fluid trapping fabric component and the second face of the fluid trapping core element is on the foam fluid trapping bra cup scaffold component,
• wherein the fluid wicking fabric component, the fluid trapping fabric component, the foam fluid trapping bra cup scaffold component, and the moisture barrier fabric component are laminated together by thermomoulding,
• wherein an outer face of the moisture barrier fabric component faces away from the wearer's breast skin during normal use,
• wherein each part in the assembly adopts a thermomoulded 3D breast/bra cup shape;
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• wherein at least one of the fluid wicking fabric component and the moisture barrier fabric component comprises fibres, at least a portion of which are stretched into a more open structure after thermomoulding compared to an equivalent component before thermomoulding.