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Class Definition for Class 450 - FOUNDATION GARMENTS These are commonly known as "foundation garments" and in common parlance the parts thereof are termed "brassiere" and "corset" or "girdle" for the upper and lower parts, respectively. Included in the subclass are foundation garments in which the brassiere portion is readily removable from the corset portion so as to facilitate laundering or for interchanging the brassiere or corset with another supporter or an apparel-type garment. A waist-encircling band or belt is not considered to be a "garment" for the purpose of this and the indented subclasses. www.uspto.gov /go/classification/uspc450/defs450.htm   (4076 words)

Early 1940's—Ladies' Garment Cutting and Making—Chapter XVI From his experience, the author knows that it is impossible to cut a fitting garment by reducing the waist to a close measure at the sideseams only, and the little extra work entailed by cutting up the outline pattern and closing out the waist suppression is amply repaid in the finished garment. It is advisable, when designing bias-cut garments, to keep all the design seams at an angle of forty-five degrees from the vertical, so that, when the pattern outline is placed on the bias of the material, these design seams will all be on the "straight" and twisting of the various sections will be minimized. Draft of a Foundation for a Nightgown or an Underslip (Fig. www.vintagesewing.info /1940s/4x-lgcm/lgcm-16.html   (7392 words)

A Youthful Figure Is Forever If she buys one of these garments on the recommendation of the advertiser only, with no idea of whether the foundation is suited to her age and individual needs, she will more than likely fall heir to the host of ills that come from wearing such a garment. However since foundations do not spoil, or change in style rapidly, they should be kept in a dresser drawer for anything not worn often, will last for years. The proper garments suitable to the age of the woman will sometimes aid her in physical activities she couldn't indulge in without them, because they are such a boost. www.geocities.com /girdlezone/letz.htm   (8839 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) The shaped support is incorporated into the structure of the body-shaping garment, preferably by adhering the support directly to the fabric comprising the body-shaping garment, for example, by using a hot melt adhesive. In this embodiment, the inner fabric layer 98 may be sewn or otherwise incorporated into the structure of the body-shaping garment, for example, by adhesive 96 being of greater extent than film 92 so that it bonds to fabric layer 98 and thereby"encapsulates"film 96 next to fabric layer 98. The body-shaping garment of claim 8, wherein the shaped support is attached to the outer fabric layer without seams. www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=03/105615.031224&ELEMENT_SET=DECL   (3910 words)

Brassiere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A brassière or bra is a foundation garment for women which covers and supports the breasts. However, this anatomical support is usually insufficient to hold the breasts up (especially in older women), and to prevent movement of the breasts, which can cause pain and discomfort. The primary reason for wearing a brassiere or similar foundation garment is thus to provide external support for the breasts, both to increase comfort and to provide a sexually alluring figure. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brassiere   (2531 words)

fUSION Anomaly. Foundation Terminus ("the Foundation") and meet the first efforts of the encyclopedists to survive their bellicose neighbours, who have separated from the Empire. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they return to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Foundation and Earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation Series and chronogically the last in the series. fusionanomaly.net /foundation.html   (3027 words)

Good service The ordinary foundation garment is designed to fit primarily the body's measurements, but the difference between our customer's figure as it really is and the figure she hopes to achieve, is not just a question of measurements. This gives rise to difficulty in fitting the individual figure in the ordinary foundation garment, designed only for the figure with an average hip development, because it must be chosen to a size large enough to fit the most developed part of the figure, and altered, often quite extensively, where the figure is smaller. She may be fitted in a garment chosen for either group, but as a rule she will prefer a garment chosen from the group indicated by the smaller number. www.global2000.net /~rescot/service1.htm   (3755 words)

Foundation Garments - Shop Foundation Garments at MrBra.com Generally speaking, a foundation is an underlayer that either gently or firmly contours and supports the curves of your body so that clothes drape elegantly on you. Strictly speaking, a foundation garment is a girdle. There are three basic types of foundations that I suggest to my clients, depending on their figures and how much shaping they'd like to have: body liners, leotards, and shapewear (ie; girdles). www.mrbra.com /foundationgarments.ivnu   (1103 words)

Bikini Science--Bustier The fad of wearing bustier underwear outside, to night clubs, and to parties is driven by two factors: the erotic appeal of wearing a garment out of context, and secondly by the uplifting focus the bustier provides to the breasts. The more rigorous demands of the 1980s require a garment that exerts a tighter grip on the body and which is fastened with hooks (fig. The bustier is almost always strapless whereas tankini has dual shoulder straps; the bustier is always a foundation garment whereas the tankini is form-fitting. www.bikiniscience.com /costumes/soutien-gorge_SS/bustier_S/bustier.html   (530 words)

foundation - definition by dict.die.net That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis. Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college. dict.die.net /foundation   (211 words)

medieval clothing - Ice Dragon 2003 - projects and research - smock The smock was the foundation garment for both men and women in the 16th century. These smocks have not survived but it is thought that they were high necked smocks similar to the smocks worn by the female half of the family in the "Portrait of Pierre de Moucheron and his Wife, Isabeau de Berbier with their Children in Antwerp." The portrait is attributed to Cornelius de Zeeuw ca. However, garments recovered from the Gnalic which sank in 1563 have demonstrated that neck ruffles were not the norm everywhere. www.people.cornell.edu /pages/ms154/ICEDragon03/smock.document.html   (1453 words)

Facts about topic: (Brassiere)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) A brassiere or bra is a foundation garment for women consisting of shoulder straps, two cups, a center panel, an underbust band, sides, and a back. The upper part of a bikini (A woman's abbreviated two-piece bathing suit) is similar, but with the social difference that it is part of a swimsuit (Tight fitting garment worn for swimming) and not underwear, i.e. The lower part was a corset (A woman's close-fitting foundation garment) for the waist, the upper supporting the breasts (Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman) by means of shoulder straps. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brassiere.htm   (1560 words)

Object-ively Speaking: Case Study of 18th Century Stays - Sally Queen & Associates Underwear was covered by the main garment until the recent fashion trends of underwear as outerwear. Thirdly, stays could be home produced, but generally the boned-style foundation garments were made by professionals due to the strength needed to cut and push the baleen into the channels. The fabric, construction, and style indicate an average, utility foundation garment worn by a middling woman. www.sallyqueenassociates.com /stays.htm   (960 words)

New Page 1 The garment might be boned, heavy and furnished with a zip entry, but the writing was on the wall for the girdle. Advertising of these garments basically died at the end of the 1980's and corsetieres had to struggle on with poor photocopies and old brochures from the 1970's. The primary garment was now a surgical support, shunned by the young but vital to the few remaining ladies who had been wearing corsets since the early decades of the last century. www.corsetiere.net /Spirella/Sp_postwar.htm   (1890 words)

Early 1940's—Ladies' Garment Cutting and Making—Chapter X In short, dress cutting demands sufficient skill in the cutter to produce a garment to fit perfectly without any outside aid in the form of skill in making; that is why the author considers that dress cutting requires more knowledge and ability in comparison with tailored garment cutting. In the chapter on Waist Suppression, the inadvisability was stressed of suppressing the sideseams of any garment to a great degree, as it is unpractical and not in accordance with the demands of the figure shape at this section. When cutting any garments, the requirements of fit, such as waist suppression, hip overlap, bust darts, must be satisfactorily settled, and then the design is made to harmonize and agree with the construction. vintagesewing.info /1940s/4x-lgcm/lgcm-10.html   (16001 words)

ddddd If this meant attracting a younger clientele into the foundations of an older generation, or alternatively, persuading their mothers that they were not old fashioned in their choice of foundations, then so be it. There is no trouble toileting and the garment is protected from perspiration, however, the foundation garment simply could not be as well anchored as one worn against the skin and would surely move during prolonged wearing. Such garments are quite convenient however you wear them, but the main object was to allow women to toilet with ease and many of these ladies wore their knickers well and truly trapped underneath their corsets. www.corsetiere.net /Spirella/problems.htm   (7155 words)

Zona - The Girdle Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) So naturally foundation garments should be chosen, fitted, and care for with meticulous attention. There is only one completely satisfactory way of selecting a foundation garment, and that is to try it on before you buy it. Garments of proportioned height and hip sizes and sizes for stout figure types are also available. www.girdlezone.org /encyc03a.htm   (2329 words)

Foundation garment - foundation: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) A multipanel foundation garment is disclosed in which each of the panels has a unidirectional line of stretch and has a shape selected such that the lines Throughout you must bring the foundation garment to be worn with your Bridal gown (unless you have chosen a made to measure couture corset which is a Ladies' foundation garments are still the foundation of the spandex business, reports Robert L. Kirkwood, DuPont Lycra end use research manager. linksessions.com /q/foundation-garment.htm   (254 words)

The Return of Foundation Garment The Italian fashion firm Dolce and Gabbana was probably of the first one to rediscover foundation garment and give it an important role in women's wardrobe. In many of their collection, foundation garments were used as suits. I have a couple of these garments in my collection, but were neither firm or shaping garments. freeweb.supereva.com /blaurita/return.html   (302 words)

A strong (but pretty) foundation The bride and her wedding dress is the focal point of every wedding but, if the underpinnings aren’t in place beneath the layers of tulle and lace, even the most beautiful wedding dress can fail on that important day. Bridal lingerie is not only a pretty piece of the bridal ensemble, it plays an important role as the foundation for the wedding dress. Just as a bride needs to customize her gown for the perfect fit, she also needs to be custom fitted for this foundation garment. www.azcentral.com /style/articles/1024foundation.html   (570 words)

WWD: No sag in the craze for cleavage. (expansion of the push-up theme continues in the foundation garment industry)@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) The foundation garment industry continues to look for ways to expand the push-up theme in bras and other foundation products. The emphasis is being placed on corsets that bring in the waist and increase the size of the breasts. Sara Lee Foundations' Wonderbra and Gossard's Super Uplift are the main forces behind the increased demand for cleavage-enhanced bras. www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:15827047&refid=holomed_1   (229 words)

knitty.com Betty is a throwback to an earlier time when bare legs were a no-no and pantyhose was just a dream. Pulling a look together meant the proper foundation garment that would keep everything in place. A peek at such a garment on a beautiful lady was the height of sexy! www.knitty.com /ISSUEsummer04/PATTbetty.html   (677 words)

Class Schedule for Class 450 FOUNDATION GARMENTS With means to attach extension to subjacent body-supporter or garment, e.g., hold-downs With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment With means to supportingly engage apparel-type garment, e.g., skirt supporters www.uspto.gov /go/classification/uspc450/sched450.htm   (788 words)

foundation - OneLook Dictionary Search FOUNDATION (of a Dam) : Lake and Water Word Glossary [home, info] Phrases that include foundation: national science foundation, foundation garment, foundation stone, electronic frontier foundation, free software foundation, more... Words similar to foundation: base, basis, cornerstone, creation, foot, foundational, foundationally, foundationless, founding, fundament, groundwork, initiation, instauration, institution, origination, substructure, understructure, bed, foundation garment, root, more... www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=foundation   (406 words)

Cracks in the Foundation, as in foundation garment, girdle Cracks in the Foundation, as in foundation garment, girdle Metaphor for the progress, or the hope of progress society has made from the old female gender stereotypes. My wish that being second class is something for archeologists to discover. www.homestead.com /cynthiatom/CracksinTheFoundationEnlarge.html   (39 words)

foundation garment - OneLook Dictionary Search Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "foundation garment" is defined. foundation garment : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info] foundation garment : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] www.onelook.com /?w=foundation+garment&ls=a   (135 words)

RL Shep Book List - Costumes, Uniforms, etiquette Garments cover all types of clothing for men and women, plus British military uniforms and civilian uniforms such as Red Cross, policemen, chauffeurs, etc. Many clothing related articles have been included from the West End Gazette, shedding light on the views and controversies surrounding fashion during WWI. The line of fashion is determined by the foundation garment. A good reference to foundation garments of the mid-1800s to the 1930s. www.rlshep.com /HTML/booklist.htm   (1539 words)

Mammaneering: Remarkable breakthroughs in foundation garment technologies - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community I had the identical experience when I finally had to face the fact that my support garments (after several years and many fewer pounds) weren't. Very very comfortable, and the only garment of its type where the straps don't slide off my shoulders after several washes. But now that the "shelf" is diminishing, my cantalopes are beginning to take on much more of a torpedo shape. www.3fatchicks.com /forum/showthread.php?t=33595   (815 words)

Ms. Jane's Manual of Style Well, what I really want to do is go to N**dstroms and by some new foundation garments. I need a special new foundation garment for the fabulous frock I bought with Jo cheering me on. Ideally, one would go sans foundation garment, but I've got a fairly good sized rack and can't run around all wild and free. spanglemonkey.typepad.com /realgurl_gets_personal   (2158 words)

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