Lower torso shape enhancing garment

A garment for enhancing the apparent shape of the lower torso of the wearer, the lower torso of the wearer having an abdominal area and a pair of buttocks, the garment comprising:

• a short pant for covering a lower portion of the torso of the wearer and an upper portion of the legs of the wearer, the short pant having a front portion for covering a portion of the front of the torso of the wearer, a rear portion for covering a portion of the rear of the torso of the wearer including the buttocks of the wearer, a pair of leg portions extending downwardly from the front and rear portions, a crotch area between the leg portions, the short pant having an upper opening defined by a waistband for positioning adjacent the waist of the wearer, the short pant having a pair of lower leg openings, the short pant having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
• a pair of rear pockets formed in the short pant, the pockets being formed at laterally spaced locations on the rear portion of the short pant to position each of the pockets over a buttock of the wearer, each of the pockets having an upper entry slit, spaced side boundaries, and a lower boundary, wherein the upper entry slit opens into the interior surface of the short pant just below the upper opening;
• a pair of rear contour inserts, each of the rear contour inserts being removably insertable in one of the pair of rear pockets;
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• a plurality of elongate abdominal bars formed on the front portion of the short pant for simulating abdominal muscle contours, the plurality of abdominal bars comprising two sets of abdominal bars, each set of abdominal bars being located at a laterally spaced location from the other set of abdominal bars.

A garment for enhancing the apparent shape of the lower torso of the wearer, the lower torso of the wearer having an abdominal area and a pair of buttocks, the garment comprising:

• a short pant for covering a lower portion of the torso of the wearer and an upper portion of the legs of the wearer, the short pant having a front portion for covering a portion of the front of the torso of the wearer, a rear portion for covering a portion of the rear of the torso of the wearer including the buttocks of the wearer, a pair of leg portions extending downwardly from the front and rear portions, a crotch area between the leg portions, the short pant having an upper opening defined by a waistband for positioning adjacent the waist of the wearer, the short pant having a pair of lower leg openings, the short pant having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
• a pair of rear pockets formed in the short pant, the pockets being formed at laterally spaced locations on the rear portion of the short pant to position each of the pockets over a buttock of the wearer, each of the pockets having an upper entry slit, spaced side boundaries, and a lower boundary, wherein the upper entry slit opens into the interior surface of the short pant just below the upper opening;
• a pair of rear contour inserts, each of the rear contour inserts being removably insertable in one of the pair of rear pockets;
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• a front pocket formed in the front portion of the short pant, the front pocket extending across the front portion of the short pants.