A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip ba
A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip band, two side panels, and a back panel, and is made of high performance fabric with varying degrees of compression.
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1. A garment, comprising: a front portion defining at least a section of an upper peripheral edge, the upper peripheral edge section being configured to be positioned beneath and adjacent to the bust of a wearer, the front portion being positionable over, so as to cover, the belly of the wearer;a ba
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A garment, comprising: a front portion defining at least a section of an upper peripheral edge, the upper peripheral edge section being configured to be positioned beneath and adjacent to the bust of a wearer, the front portion being positionable over, so as to cover, the belly of the wearer;a back portion opposite the front portion; andfirst and second side portions extending between the front portion and the back portion so as to be positionable on respective sides of the wearer,wherein at least the back portion is made of a resiliently stretchable material configured to provide compression to a portion of the body of the wearer, a first region configured to provide a first degree of compression and a second region configured to provide a second degree of compression that is different than the first degree of compression being defined within the back portion of the garment, the second region defining an X-shaped area within the first region, and being positionable so as to extend from first locations adjacent to respective hips of the wearer to second locations adjacent to respective underarms of the wearer. 2. The garment of claim 1, wherein the garment is made from a single piece of material that includes the front portion, the back portion, and the first and second side portions. 3. The garment of claim 1, wherein the front portion further defines third and fourth regions, the third region configured to provide a degree of compression that is different than a degree of compression of the fourth region. 4. The garment of claim 1, wherein the resiliently stretchable material is a knitted fabric including an elastic element therein, and wherein the first region and second region are defined by varying amounts of the elastic element included in the knitted fabric. 5. The garment of claim 3, wherein the third region is positionable over the belly of the wearer above the fourth region. 6. The garment of claim 5, wherein the fourth region is generally crescent-shaped such that a lower edge thereof is arc-shaped with a first peripheral length and an upper edge thereof is arc-shaped with a second peripheral length that is less than the first peripheral length, the upper edge and lower edge intersecting each other at an acute angle. 7. The garment of claim 1, wherein the second region is located within the back portion so as to be positionable over the lumbar region of the wearer's back. 8. The garment of claim 2, further including a hip portion extending from the front portion, the back portion, and the first and second side portions so as to be positionable around the body of the wearer over the hips, the hip portion defining a single, continuous lower edge of the garment opposite the upper peripheral edge section. 9. The garment of claim 1, further including a shoulder strap extending between the front portion and the back portion to a position adjacent to one of the first or second side portions. 10. The garment of claim 9, wherein the shoulder strap is positionable along a side of and adjacent to the bust of the wearer. 11. A garment, comprising: a front portion positionable over, so as to cover, the belly of the wearer, the front portion defining a first region of a resiliently stretchable material configured to provide a first degree of compression, a second region of a resiliently stretchable material configured to provide a second degree of compression that is different than the first degree of compression, wherein the first region is positionable over the belly of the wearer above the second region;a back portion opposite the front portion;first and second side portions extending between the front portion and the back portion so as to be positionable on respective sides of the wearer, at least one of the first and second side portions having a third degree of compression that is different than both the first degree of compression of the first region and the second degree of compression of the second region of the front portion; anda single, continuous lower edge of the garment positionable around the body of the wearer at a location below the belly of the wearer. 12. The garment of claim 11, wherein the first region and the second region are defined within a single piece of material such that there is a visibly seamless transition between the regions. 13. The garment of claim 12, wherein the single piece of material that includes the first region and the second region further defines the front portion, the back portion, and the first and second side portions of the garment. 14. The garment of claim 11, wherein the front portion further defines at least a section of an upper peripheral edge, the upper peripheral edge section being configured to be positioned beneath and adjacent to the bust of a wearer. 15. The garment of claim 11, wherein the front portion is further configured to cover the bust of the wearer. 16. A garment, comprising: a body portion including a front portion configured to extend over and cover the belly of the wearer, a back portion opposite the front portion, and first and second side portions extending between the front portion and the back portion so as to be positionable over respective sides of the wearer,wherein at least the body portion defines a seamless and continuous tubular piece of resiliently stretchable material having first and second regions within the front portion, the material being configured to provide a first degree of compression within the first region and a second degree of compression within the second region, the second degree of compression being greater than the first degree of compression; andwherein the front portion further includes a third region at least partially surrounding the first and second regions with respective portions of the first and second regions contacting the third region. 17. The garment of claim 16, further comprising at least one shoulder strap connected with the body portion and being positionable so as to extend over the shoulder of the wearer, wherein the at least one shoulder strap is removably affixed with the body portion. 18. The garment of claim 11, wherein the first region defines a first area and the second region defines a second area that is about 50% as large as the first area. 19. The garment of claim 11, wherein the second region is generally crescent-shaped such that a lower edge thereof is arc-shaped with a first peripheral length and an upper edge thereof is arc-shaped with a second peripheral length that is less than the first peripheral length, the upper edge and lower edge intersecting each other at an acute angle. 20. The garment of claim 19, wherein the second region is configured to extend over the belly-button of the wearer. 21. The garment of claim 16, wherein the second region is generally crescent-shaped such that a lower edge thereof is arc-shaped with a first peripheral length and an upper edge thereof is arc-shaped with a second peripheral length that is less than the first peripheral length, the upper edge and lower edge intersecting each other at an acute angle. 22. The garment of claim 21, wherein the first and second regions together define a generally egg-shaped region. 23. The garment of claim 16, further comprising a single, continuous lower edge of the garment positionable around the body of the wearer at a location below the belly of the wearer.
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