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A garnet or hose retaining system comprises an elasticised retaining band (83) extending in use around a rear position (83a) of a wearer's anatomy and a front portion (83b in use at least partially across a front portion of the wearer's Danatomy. The rear portion (83a) has a modulus of elasticity ex

A garnet or hose retaining system comprises an elasticised retaining band (83) extending in use around a rear position (83a) of a wearer's anatomy and a front portion (83b in use at least partially across a front portion of the wearer's Danatomy. The rear portion (83a) has a modulus of elasticity extending generally longitudinally and parallel to its upper and lower boundaries. The front portion (83b) comprises a gerally downwardly extending arcuate concave curve (85) in an upper boundary, and has a greater modulus of elasticty in a transverse direction than longitudinally of the front portion.

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1. A garment or hose retaining system comprising: an elasticized retaining band having a rear band portion extending in use around a rear portion of a wearer's anatomy and a front band portion extending in use at least partially over a front portion of a wearer's anatomy, said system characterize

1. A garment or hose retaining system comprising: an elasticized retaining band having a rear band portion extending in use around a rear portion of a wearer's anatomy and a front band portion extending in use at least partially over a front portion of a wearer's anatomy, said system characterized in that said rear band portion has a modulus of elasticity extending generally longitudinally thereof in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said wearer's anatomy and at least an upper edge portion of said front band portion is urged in use, in a downward direction by a front resilient panel located below said upper edge portion, said front resilient panel having, in a direction parallel with said longitudinal axis of said wearer's anatomy, a modulus of elasticity greater than adjacent regions of said garment or hose. 2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein an upper edge region of said retaining band has a greater tension than a lower edge region of said retaining band, in use, to bias an inward curl or roll thereby resisting a tendency, in use, to roll outwardly and downwardly. 3. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front resilient panel is formed integrally with said retaining band. 4. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front resilient panel is formed as one or more elasticized panels in a front portion of said garment or hose. 5. A system as claimed in claim 4 wherein said one or more elasticized panels are located adjacent said retaining band. 6. A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said one or more elasticized panels are formed integrally with said front band portion. 7. A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said one or more elasticized panels are positioned below said front band portion. 8. A system as claimed in claim 7 wherein said one or more elasticized panels are connected to said front band portion. 9. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front band portion is formed in a downwardly concave shape. 10. A system as claimed in claim 9 wherein said front band portion is formed in a shallow V shape. 11. A system as claimed in claim 10 wherein said front band portion is convergently tapered away from an apex of said V shape to opposite side portions of a wearer's anatomy. 12. A system as claimed in claim 9 wherein said front band portion is formed as a downwardly arcuate concave curve. 13. A system as claimed in claim 9 wherein said front band portion is formed from downwardly convexly curved regions meeting generally centrally of said front band portion. 14. A garment or hose having a retaining system comprising: an elasticized retaining band having a rear band portion extending in use around a rear portion of a wearer's anatomy and a front band portion extending in use at least partially over a front portion of a wearer's anatomy, said system characterized in that said rear band portion has a modulus of elasticity extending generally longitudinally thereof in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said wearer's anatomy and at least an upper edge portion of said front band portion is urged in use, in a downward direction by a front resilient panel located below said upper edge portion, said front resilient panel having, in a direction parallel with said longitudinal axis of said wearer's anatomy, a modulus of elasticity greater than adjacent regions of said garment. 15. A garment as claimed in claim 14 wherein an upper edge region of said retaining band has a greater tension than a lower edge region of said retaining band, in use, to bias an inward curl or roll thereby resisting a tendency, in use, to roll outwardly and downwardly. 16. A pant garment as claimed in claim 14 wherein said pant garment is in the form of pantihose. 17. A pant garment as claimed in claim 14 wherein said pant garment is a pair of briefs.