Shapewear is used to smooth or sculpt the wearer's body to achieve a desired shape or contour. Shapewear can be worn under clothing to provide an enhanced, smoother, and/or slimmer appearance.
A shapewear undergarment is disclosed. The undergarment is made of elastic, form-fitting material adapted to smooth, compress, and/or sculpt a body of a wearer. The undergarment has a hip portion adapted to be worn over the wearer's hips, and first and second openings to accommodate the wearer's first and second legs respectively therethrough. The first opening is located a greater distance than the second opening downward relative to the hip portion such that the shapewear undergarment will cover a greater portion of the wearer's first thigh than of the wearer's second thigh when worn.
Referring first to
The shapewear undergarment 10 seen in
Returning to
As also seen in the illustrated embodiment, the front of the opening 25 of the second leg portion 24 in
In the illustrated embodiment shown in
Although the invention has been described herein with respect to preferred embodiments, it is to be appreciated that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto and is intended to encompass all embodiments coming within the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/712,464 filed Dec. 12, 2019, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29/694,603 filed Jun. 12, 2019, the contents of each of which are incorporated by reference.
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