Compression garments and methods of manufacturing same

11) A tubular compression garment, comprising:

• a short portion seamlessly transitioned to a skirt portion via an intermediate portion that comprises a seamless fold line;
• wherein the short portion adheres to a wearer, the skirt portion is configured to cover at least part of the short portion, and the garment is seamless at a waistline of the wearer to adhere to the waistline without excessive compression at the waistline when the garment is worn;
• wherein the garment is configurable to be in an extended configuration that is not folded at the seamless fold line such that the skirt portion extends upward from the intermediate portion, wherein the garment is configurable to be in a retracted configuration that is folded at the seamless fold line such that the skirt portion extends downward from the intermediate portion;
• wherein the waistline of the wearer is adjacent to the seamless fold line when the garment is worn;
• and
• wherein the garment is configured to prevent fatty portions of an abdomen of the wearer from unduly protruding from the waistline when the garment is worn.

15) A method for manufacturing a tubular compression garment, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating a short portion;
• creating an intermediate portion that comprises a seamless fold line and that is structurally continuous with the short portion;
• and
• creating a skirt portion that is structurally continuous with the intermediate portion.