This invention is a combination nightgown and bra for women after pregnancy that enables the wearer to conveniently and comfortably nurse her baby by unsecuring a flap on either cup and resecuring upon completion of nursing, without the necessity of dealing with various articles of clothing and putting them on and taking them off. The gown can also be worn during pregnancy for support.

A closure for securement to an article of apparel and for use by a person having handicapped hands is described. The closure comprises a first fastener support member which has one or more fastener elements secured thereto. A second fastener support member is provided and has one or more fastener elements for interconnection with the fasteners of the first support member. The first and second fastener support members are adapted for securement to articles of apparel. The fasteners are removably interconnectable together with the support members overlapping. A first fabric loop is provided in a front face of one of the fastener support members and a second fabric loop is secured to a lower portion of the other fastener support member, and may depend therefrom or be concealed therebehind. The loops are of predetermined size and are disposed for engagement by a handicapped person for attaching and detaching the fasteners with one another with the support members overlapped with one another.

A one piece undergarment for wear on a torso and legs of a body, having at least two elastic straps extending substantially parallel to one another. A plurality of moveable panels extending along the two straps and configured as a plurality of tube portions one above another, each panel having two parallel edges extending horizontally around the body. The moveable panel is secured by at least two moveable seams, each seam creating a channel by encasing the strap from one parallel edge to the other parallel edge of the moveable panel to slide upwardly and downwardly along the body.

A form fitting nursing tank top/undershirt made with a stretch fabric includes an invisible build in nursing bra. The invisible nursing bra is partly internal and partly external. The external portion of the build in nursing bra is the left and right shoulder straps which from outside appearances form an integral part of the tank top/undershirt. The internal portion of the built in nursing bra is formed by a soft cup frame attached at the bottom to an elastic chest band and attached at the top to the front of the shoulder straps. In the back of the garment, the elastic chest band is attached to an internal back piece of fabric on the inside of the tank top. The internal back piece of fabric extends upward from the elastic chest band to the shoulder straps at the back, which shoulder straps each include an adjustable length section. Internal nursing flaps are attached at the bottom to the soft cup frame and at the top to the tank top body which forms external nursing flaps. The tank top/undershirt includes a continuous stretch body extending upward from the torso and forming the external nursing flaps which are attached to the internal nursing flaps and to the shoulder straps, to give a smooth single piece garment appearance.

An improved brassiere is disclosed that provides a high level of comfort, wide ranging adjustability and improved breast support while minimizing fatigue and improving the posture of the user using a support system which includes strategically attached shoulder straps which cross in the back at a unique swivel. Each shoulder strap is detachably attached at one end to the top of a breast cup, and attached at the opposite end to the side of the opposite cup. An adjustable coupling is provided between the cups. The adjustable swivel includes a pair of pivotally attached short flat hollow sleeves for slidably receiving the shoulder straps. Because the shoulder straps are slidably disposed in the sleeves of the swivel, it will move up or down slightly as the wearer moves, stretches, bends over, etc. In the preferred embodiment, no boning, wire or elastic is used. Instead, cotton piping is used around the lower breast cups for support, wide cotton belting is used for the straps, and the entire framework of the brassiere is constructed of a sturdy cotton fabric that is interlined with fusible fleece and lined with cotton flannel for comfort.