Upper body garment with woven tubular shoulder straps

An upper body garment comprising:

• a torso-encircling main body portion;
• and
• shoulder straps coupled to the main body portion;
• wherein each shoulder strap is formed of a woven tubular material flattened into double-ply fabric, the woven tubular material comprising a warp yarn extending along a length of the shoulder strap and a weft yarn extending across the length of the shoulder strap;
• and
• wherein the recovery of the shoulder straps is between 91% to 98%.

An upper body garment comprising:

• a torso-encircling main body portion;
• and
• shoulder straps coupled to the main body portion;
• wherein each shoulder strap is formed of a woven tubular material flattened into double-ply fabric, the woven tubular material comprising a warp yarn extending along a length of the shoulder strap and a weft yarn extending across the length of the shoulder strap;
• and
• wherein the warp yarn has different material properties than the weft yarn.

A method of making an upper body garment, the method comprising:

• forming left and right shoulder straps by weaving a tubular material for each shoulder strap and flattening the tubular material into a double-ply fabric such that a warp yarn of the tubular material extends along a length of each shoulder strap and a weft yarn extends across the length of each shoulder strap, wherein the recovery of the shoulder straps is between 91% to 98%;
• forming a main body portion;
• attaching a back side of the left shoulder strap to the main body portion;
• and
• attaching a back side of the right shoulder strap to the main body portion.