Garment with adjustable extremities

A method for manipulating a protective garment comprising:

• accessing a protective garment having a body portion, an extremity portion coupled to the body portion and being shaped and configured to receive a leg or an arm of a wearer therein, and a piece of expansion material coupled to the extremity portion, wherein the piece of expansion material is movable between a retracted position wherein the extremity portion forms relatively smaller fit about the wearer's leg or arm, and an expanded position wherein the extremity portion forms a relatively larger fit about the wearer's leg or arm, the protective garment further including a biasing device configured to bias the piece of expansion material to the retracted position, and a retaining system configured to releasably retain the piece of expansion material in the retracted position;
• and
• enabling the piece of expansion material to move between the retracted position and the expanded position.