Garment

#The present invention relates to a garment for the torso or the upper part of the body, such as a bustier bra, top, T-shirt, body wrap, body suit, bathing suit or the like, consisting of seamless circular-knit cotton or circular-knit polyamide (microfiber yarn) with a component of elastane fiber, whereby the garment has zones of variable elasticity.

#From DE-U-202 08 043, for example, a body-massage fabric is known which is seamless circular-knit as knitwear of synthetic fiber with a component consisting of an elastic yarn. The fabric is of bi-elastic design and has lifting or shaping characteristics due to the variable elasticity.

#The object of the present invention is to provide garments with special lifting or shaping characteristics which in addition will provide an especially pleasant wearing sensation.

#By means of practical examples, the invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings, where

#FIG. 1 shows a frontal and rear view of a women's top;

#FIG. 2 shows a frontal and rear view of a sleeveless shirt;

#In FIGS. 1 and 2, the zones of variable compression are identified with numbers in ascending order, whereby 5 indicates the zones of highest compression and 1 the zones of lowest compression, i.e. with the slightest support and lift effect. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention in which lamellar zones/tapes of relatively high compression 3 extend from the armpits or from the area below the upper arms to the shoulders and then crosswise over the back.

#This arrangement has an uplifting and unburdening effect on the upper torso. In the shown in FIG. 1, an extension of the lamellar zone/tape of higher compression runs from the armpits below the breast diagonally across the upper torso, thus exercising a lifting and shaping effect on the breast. The zones of greater compression 4 extend across the lower back region and the abdominal region and serve to shape the figure. In the top/shirt with short or long sleeves shown in FIG. 2, a tape is also provided whose elasticity 5 is yet one degree stronger. The bathing trunks shown in FIG. 3 and abdominal control pants shown in FIG. 4 are also provided with the zones of high compression 4, running primarily around the waist, whereby tapes or strips of medium elasticity 2, 3 are also present, and the breast portion of the bathing suit has low compression with low titer and low yarn strength, while the area that supports the region below the breast has a higher compression.

#In FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, the zones of variable elasticity are shown with numbers in ascending order, whereby 1 represents the zones of the lowest compression and 4 the zones of the highest compression, i.e. with the greatest support and modelling effect. It can be seen in FIG. 3 to 7 that the zones of highest compression 4 have a shaping effect on the thighs and that the buttock areas are the zones of the lowest compression 1. Since the buttock areas are surrounded by zones of higher compression 2, 3 (FIGS. 3, 4 and 6), or 4 (FIGS. 5 and 7), the result is a shaping, modeling effect which shows an attractive behind.