Multi-layer moisture management elastic fabric

A warp-knitted multi-layer moisture management elastic fabric strap of indeterminate length, comprising:

• (a) a moisture transport fabric layer constructed of hydrophobic yarns and defining a knitted first fabric face for residing in skin contact during garment wear and for wicking moisture away from the skin;
• (b) a moisture dispersal fabric layer integrated by knitting with said moisture transport fabric layer, said moisture dispersal fabric layer constructed of hydrophilic yarns and defining a knitted second fabric face obverse to the first fabric face for residing in spaced-apart relation from the skin during garment wear and for receiving moisture from the hydrophobic moisture transport layer;
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• (c) elastic yarns integrated by being laid in with the yarns of the moisture transport fabric layer and the yarns of the moisture dispersal fabric layer to form a single, integrated fabric strap which is highly elastic;
• (d) said elastic fabric strap comprising a narrow-width elastic fabric having stretch of no less than 100 percent in the lengthwise direction and substantially no stretch in the width direction;
• whereby said fabric strap may be used as a waistband, wristband, headband, or brassiere strap.