Pants-like garments having a seamless crotch construction

A garment having a pants portion, said garment comprising:

• a front piece having a trunk area and legs, the inside edges of said legs forming an inverted V and meeting said trunk area at a front piece crotch point;
• a rear piece having a trunk area and legs, the inside edges of said legs forming an inverted V and meeting said trunk area at a rear piece crotch point, said front piece and said rear piece being joined together at the outside edges of said legs and trunk area;
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• a generally polygonal-shaped crotch piece having a pair of concave front edges and a pair of corresponding concave rear edges, said front edges meeting at a first point and said rear edges meeting at a second point opposite said first point, said first point being joined to said front piece at said front piece crotch point, said second point being joined to said rear piece at said rear piece crotch point, each said front edge being joined to an inside edge of a leg of said front piece, each said rear edge being joined to an inside edge of a leg of said rear piece.