Tailored garment with integral support unit

A method of constructing a garment comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a support unit having mechanical stretch properties to provide bodily support to a wearer thereof, the support unit defining an upper band;
• b. providing an adjustable securement for integrating the support unit upper band to a waistband of an outer shell, wherein the adjustable securement has mechanical stretch properties to allow substantially independent expansion and contraction of the support unit relative to the outer shell;
• and
• c. securing the adjustable securement to the support unit upper band.

A garment comprising:

• an outer shell having a waistband;
• a support unit having mechanical stretch properties for providing a wearer of the garment with bodily support, the support unit defining an upper end;
• and
• an adjustable securement attached to the outer shell waistband and the support unit adjacent to the upper end thereof, the adjustable securement having mechanical stretch properties facilitating substantially independent expansion and contraction of the support unit relative to the outer shell waistband.

A method of constructing a garment comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a support unit having mechanical stretch properties to provide bodily support to a wearer thereof, the support unit defining an upper end;
• b. providing an adjustable securement for attaching the support unit upper end to a waistband of an outer shell, wherein the adjustable securement has mechanical stretch properties to allow substantially independent expansion and contraction of the support unit relative to the outer shell;
• and
• c. securing the adjustable securement adjacent to the support unit upper end.