Underwear garment

An article of clothing comprising:

• a first portion shaped to cover part of a wearer's buttock region during use and extending into a gusset region of the article and terminates at a seam proximate to a narrowest portion of the gusset region, and
• a second portion shaped to extend around a wearer's body so as to hold the article against the wearer during use;
• wherein
• said first portion comprises a filter layer sandwiched between opposing backing layers, said filter layer comprising a knitted material comprising activated carbon,
• said second portion comprises one or more textile panels adjacent said first portion and having an elasticity greater than the elasticity of said first portion such that said second portion conforms to the shape of the wearer's body, and
• said first portion is smaller in width than a gusset of said article as it passes therethrough such that said first portion is bounded on either side thereof by said second portion in a region of said gusset, wherein
• said first portion passes from a waist band down a rear portion of said article such that said first portion passes over a part of wearer's buttock region spanning from a first first portion edge at a mid portion of one buttock to a second first portion edge at a mid portion of an opposing buttock and extends through said gusset region of said article such that said first portion terminates on a front side of said article, wherein
• said filter layer and said opposing backing layers begin at a location above the buttocks such that said filter layer and said opposing backing layers cover the crevice between the wearer's buttocks and subsequently extends forward of the wearer's anus, and wherein
• said backing layers of said first portion and said second portion comprise the same material.