Needle-manufactured textile garment with improved durability and decorative elements

Abstract

A garment for a human wearer comprises a lower trunk member defining an upper trunk portion and a lower trunk portion. The lower trunk member is dimensioned to extend at a top end from a first upper point proximate to the shoulders of the human wearer to a second lower point at least as low as proximate to the bottom of the rib cage of the human wearer. The lower trunk member is configured in a substantially and at least partially tubular configuration. The lower trunk portion is dimensioned to extend around the trunk of a human wearer. The lower trunk member comprises a fabric of the type created by a needle-based fabric manufacturing technique. An upper chest member extends upwardly from the top end of the lower trunk member. The upper chest member is made of a woven material. A securing member joins the lower trunk member to the upper chest member.

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