Closure for connecting straps of a garment

A closure for connecting two straps of an item of clothing, in particular the wing end portions of the back band of a bra, on one of which is arranged an overall female closure part that includes a plurality of female closure elements that form at least one row, and on the other of which is arranged an overall male closure part that includes at least two male closure elements that can be moved into force-fitting/form-fitting engagement with female closure elements from one row of the female closure part, wherein the closure elements are arranged in each case on a preferably textile base strip, which is rectangular in basic form, acts as a carrier and serves for fastening the respective closure parts on their associated band wing ends, which overlap in their end regions in the closed configuration, wherein the base strips are realized in multiple layers, with, when viewed in the closed configuration of the closure, one “inner” contact layer, which faces the body of the wearer and abuts against the body, and one “outer” cover layer, which faces away from the body of the wearer, it being possible for the materials of the layers to be elastically extensible, in that the contact layer and the cover layer are each applied onto a connecting layer and are fixed on the connecting layer at points in a narrow grid or over the surface, and in that the connecting layers are fixedly connected together by means of ultrasound welding at least in the central region between the cover layer and the contact layer.