Composite garment and method to manufacture same
AssigneeAmerican Clothing Express, Inc.
InventorKelly Crum
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a composite garment that includes an attached liner including a bodice support which effectively supports and enhances the bust while supporting, smoothing and elongating the bodice of the dress. The present invention is suitable for most figures and can be tailored or customized to compliment most dress styles and body types. In one embodiment, the bodice support is attached to the top edge of the special occasion dress. The present invention allows the outer garment to hang free from the bodice ensuring that no stress points or stretching of the fabric or seams is created and that no stays are visible from the outside of the dress.
Claims16
A composite garment, comprising:
- a dress having a top edge and a bodice portion, said bodice portion having a fastenable opening;
- a bodice support having a top edge and a bottom edge, said bodice support sized to fit inside said bodice portion of said dress;
- and
- a slip having a top edge;
- wherein said top edge of said dress is attached to said top edge of said bodice support, said top edge of said dress and said top edge of said bodice support having no seam allowance for alteration;
- wherein said bodice support further comprises a fastenable opening coexistent with the fastenable opening of said bodice portion of said dress;
- wherein said bodice support further comprises at least eight stays;
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- wherein said top edge of said slip is attached to said bottom edge of said bodice support.
A method of manufacturing a composite garment, the method comprising:
- obtaining a dress having a top edge, a fastenable opening, and a seam allowance;
- obtaining a liner comprising a bodice support and a slip, wherein the liner has two side seams, wherein the bodice support has a top edge and a bottom edge and two side seam panels each extending from the side seam of the liner, wherein the bodice support has a fastenable opening coexistent with the fastenable opening of the dress, wherein the bodice support has a plurality of stays which extend from substantially the top edge of the bodice support to the bottom edge of the bodice support and which are placed in close proximity to each other, and a seam allowance, wherein the slip is attached to the bottom edge of the bodice support;
- altering the seam allowance in the dress to accommodate the wearer of the dress;
- altering the seam allowance in the bodice support of the liner to accommodate the wearer of the liner;
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- attaching the top edge of the dress to the top edge of the bodice support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.