Molded seamless brassiere incorporating fasteners

A method of capturing a fastener intermediate of an exterior brassiere panel of moldable material and an interior brassiere panel of moldable material that are to define the breast cup regions and chest band regions of a molded brassiere which is of seamless construction wherein said exterior brassiere panel is contiguously laminated with said interior brassiere panel except at at least a non-laminated region where said fastener is to be located, wherein said fastener includes a connector supported by a flexible mounting panel, said method comprising;

• creating an opening through one of said exterior brassiere panel and said interior brassiere panel at said non-laminated region and at a location thereof through which at least part of said connector is to extend,
• locating said flexible mounting panel intermediate of said exterior brassiere panel and said interior brassiere panel at said non-laminated region in a manner to allow said at least part of said connector to extend through said opening, and
• affixing at least one of said exterior brassiere panel and said interior brassiere panel to said flexible mounting panel.

A method of making a brassiere comprising

• laminating an exterior moldable brassiere panel with a contiguous interior moldable panel except at at least one region,
• locating at said at least one region and intermediate of said exterior moldable brassiere panel and said interior moldable brassiere panel a flexible mounting panel supporting a connector in a manner to protrude at least part of said connector through an opening in of one of said interior and exterior moldable brassiere panels, and
• affixing at least one of said interior and exterior moldable brassiere panels to said flexible mounting panel.

A molded and seamless brassiere that includes an exterior brassiere panel that includes at least one ply of moldable material and an interior brassiere panel that includes at least one ply of moldable material, said interior brassiere and exterior brassiere panels are contiguous to each other and define at least two breast cup regions and a chest band portion extending from each said breast cup region, said interior brassiere and exterior brassiere panels are laminated together except at at least a region proximate a free end of said chest band portion where a chest band fastener is located, wherein said chest band fastener includes one of a hook and an eye that is affixed to a flexible mounting panel captured intermediate of and laminated to said interior and exterior brassiere panels, and one of said interior and exterior brassiere panels including an opening through which said hook or eye extends.