Breast shaping and lifting support garment

A breast support garment comprising:

• a right fabric panel for overlying the woman's right breast when worn;
• a left fabric panel for overlying the woman's left breast when worn;
• the right and the left panels having a relatively flat configuration when the garment is not worn;
• a right channel within the right panel, when worn the right channel extending from a first end between the left and the right breasts, downwardly under the right breast and upwardly to a second end proximate a right side of the right breast;
• a left channel within the left panel, when worn the left channel extending from a first end between the left and the right breasts, downwardly under the left breast and upwardly to a second end proximate a left side of the left breast;
• a right material strip within the right channel;
• a left material strip within the left channel;
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• wherein when the support garment is worn, the right and left material strips encircle a lower portion of the respective right and left breasts, and are secured to exert uplifting forces on the respective right and left breasts and limit application of pressure exerted against a sternum region.

A garment comprising:

• a torso band for encircling a woman's torso and overlying the woman's breasts when the garment is worn, the torso band discontinuous in a front region of the breasts, the torso band comprising a right and a left channel both extending upward along the sternum and each having a first terminus at separate points along or above a wearer's sternum, the torso band extending upwardly on an outside lateral surface of each breast to contain lateral movement of the breasts and create a flexible cup when worn and remain flat when unworn;
• the right and left channels each having a second terminus at respective outside regions of the right and left breasts;
• a right variable-length material strip disposed in the right channel, at least a portion of the first material strip comprising an elastic material;
• a left variable-length material strip disposed in the left channel, at least a portion of the second material strip comprising an elastic material;
• the right and left material strips anchored to a material of the garment at both the first and second termini of the respective right and left channels;
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• the first and second material strips expanding when the garment is worn to allow the wearer's breasts to be received within cups formed in the torso band and further for providing lifting and upwardly directed forces on the right and left breasts as the first and second material strips attempt to return to a their relaxed state.

A breast support garment comprising:

• a right fabric panel for overlying the woman's right breast when worn;
• a left fabric panel for overlying the woman's left breast when worn;
• a removable cup disposed in each of the right and the left panels, each cup for receiving a breast when the breast support garment is worn;
• a first variable-length material strip attached to the right panel beginning at a region between the breasts and extending along a lower region of the right breast when the support garment is worn, at least a portion of the first material strip comprising an elastic material;
• a second variable-length material strip attached to the left panel beginning at the region between the breasts and extending along a lower region of the left breast when the garment is worn, at least a portion of the second material strip comprising an elastic material;
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• the first and second material strips expanding when the garment is worn to allow the wearer's breasts to be received within the cups and further for providing lifting and upwardly directed forces on the right and left breasts as the first and second material strips attempt to return to their relaxed state.