Spanx, LLC

Designing shapewear for special occasion garments with low cut necklines and back lines can be especially challenging. The challenge lies in constructing a garment that effectively shapes the wearer while simultaneously eliminating significant amounts of material from the chest and/or back region. Disclosed herein are shaping garments designed to be worn underneath garments with low cut back lines. The shaping garment includes a space in the back shaping region on its rear side, such that the shaping garment is not visible beneath an ultra low-back special occasion garment. A removable back adjuster can be used to bridge the space to provide additional shaping support when ultra low-back mode is not required by the special occasion garment.

Garments with rear bathroom access spaces are disclosed herein, as are methods of making said garments. The garments include a front panel of a top portion that is fixedly attached to the bottom portion. The top portion also has a rear panel with a free lower region (unattached to the bottom portion). The rear panel can be tucked into the waistband in a secured configuration to provide warmth, modesty, protection, and/or comfort to the wearer. The rear panel can also be untucked from the waistband to provide a bathroom access space. Advantageously, the bottom portion of the garment can be pulled down for bathroom access without having to remove the top portion of the garment.

Designing shapewear for special occasion garments with low cut necklines and back lines can be especially challenging. The challenge lies in constructing a garment that effectively shapes the wearer while simultaneously eliminating significant amounts of material from the chest and/or back region. Disclosed herein are shaping garments designed to be worn underneath garments with low cut back lines. The shaping garment includes a space in the back shaping region on its rear side, such that the shaping garment is not visible beneath an ultra low-back special occasion garment. A removable back adjuster can be used to bridge the space to provide additional shaping support when ultra low-back mode is not required by the special occasion garment.

Designing shapewear for special occasion garments with low cut necklines and back lines can be especially challenging. The challenge lies in constructing a garment that effectively shapes the wearer while simultaneously eliminating significant amounts of material from the chest and/or back region. Disclosed herein are shaping garments designed to be worn underneath garments with low cut back lines. The shaping garment includes a space in the back shaping region on its rear side, such that the shaping garment is not visible beneath an ultra low-back special occasion garment. A removable back adjuster can be used to bridge the space to provide additional shaping support when ultra low-back mode is not required by the special occasion garment.

Shapewear can be used to enhance the appearance of a wearer's buttocks. Typical buttock-enhancing garments include construction that is visible from the exterior and do not provide a natural shape. The garment disclosed herein has an exterior smoothing layer covering an interior construction. The interior construction includes an inner pocket layer and an outer pocket layer attached to an inner garment layer, thus suspending the pockets in the interior of the garment. Pads can be placed in the pockets. The pads and the interior pocket construction provides natural shape to the wearer without compression or bulk.

The disclosed garments are designed to address the need for athletic upper body garments that do not create or highlight bulging in the wearer's body. These garments comprise an advantageous bottom edge that is defined by a fold crease rather than an elastic band. Methods of making the garments are also disclosed herein.