Multipanel foundation garment

Abstract

A multipanel foundation garment is disclosed in which each of the panels has a unidirectional line of stretch and has a shape selected such that the lines of stretch are in the direction of movement of the contacting body part. Such a foundation garment performs its normal function of confining stationary fatty parts of the body and further confines those parts during movement of the body. In a particular embodiment, a panty girdle is comprised of six panels. A front panel has the direction of stretch in the longitudinal direction with respect to the wearer and is surrounded by two elongate, side panels together forming an ogee frame and which have lines of stretch in the mutually opposing bias directions. Two back panels, connected to each other along their respective edges and connected along the other edges to the edges of the side panels have their respective lines of stretch in the transverse direction. The sixth panel is a crotch panel and is attached at each of its ends to the lower ends of the side panels and to the lower ends of the back panel. The lines of stretch of the crotch panel is also in the same plane as the line of stretch of the front panel. Bunching of the girdle is limited by extending the side panels below the front panel such that there is no direct connection between the front panel and the crotch panel.

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