Garment with a support structure

A garment comprising:

• a front portion configured to cover at least a portion of a wearer's chest, the front portion comprising a front portion lower edge, a front portion upper edge portion, a first side of the front portion and a second side of the front portion;
• a back portion configured to cover at least a portion of the wearer's back, the back portion comprising a back portion lower edge, a back portion upper edge portion, a first side of the back portion and a second side of the back portion;
• a first side portion extending between the first side of the front portion and the second side of the back portion, the first side portion having a first lower edge;
• a second side portion extending between the second side of the front portion and the first side of the back portion, the second side portion having a second lower edge;
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• a pair of reinforcing elements extending from the first side portion and the second side portion, respectively, toward the front portion, each of the pair of reinforcing elements being engineered to have varying stretching modules, wherein bottom zones of each of the pair of reinforcing elements closer to a lower edge of the garment have stretching levels greater than top zones of the reinforcing elements closer to an upper edge of the garment,
• wherein at least a part of the first and second side portions comprise two or more stretching module zones, the two or more stretching module zones comprising a low stretching module zone in proximity to a first arm opening and a second arm opening, respectively, of the garment, and a lower edge stretching module zone in proximity to the first lower edge and the second lower edge, respectively,
• wherein each of the pair of reinforcing elements comprises a first leg extending at least partially in a top part of the front portion in proximity to the front portion upper edge portion and a second leg extending at least partially in a bottom part of the front portion in proximity to the front portion lower edge, wherein at least part of the first and the second leg is shaped to provide lateral support of a breast tissue around a root of each breast,
• wherein the first leg and the second leg are arranged in a crisscross configuration within each of the pair of reinforcing elements and are configured to extend from the front portion across the respective side portion toward the back portion, the first leg having a first end in proximity to the front portion upper edge portion and a second end in proximity to the back portion lower edge, and the second leg having a first end in proximity to the front portion lower edge and a second end in proximity to the back portion upper edge portion.