Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation

Hiroyuki Kinouchi

Junko Deguchi

Kouta Tsutsui

Misako Yamamuro

Provided is a brassiere which is supremely comfortable and which has an excellent breast movement mitigation effect, in other words, excellent movement mitigation properties. The brassiere includes a front part which covers right and left breasts of a wearer, a pair of left and right shoulder straps which are connected to an upper part of the front part, and a pair of wing parts arranged on the left and right of the front part, wherein the front part includes a pair of inner cup parts arranged on the wearer side, and a front cup part arranged outside the inner cup parts, the front part includes a reinforced part having a predetermined width, and the ratio (S/S) of elongational stress (S) of the reinforced part of the front part to elongational stress (S) of a non-reinforced part of the front part is 1.2/1 to 700/1.

Brassiere

Provided is a fabric that semi-permanently absorbs water even without being subjected to water absorption treatment, i.e., an absorbent fabric that has a pleasant feel, can quickly absorb perspiration when worn, has excellent comfort, and is soft and suitable for use in inner wear, sportswear, etc. The absorbent fabric according to the present invention includes polyester fibers in which ethylene terephthalate constitutes at least 95 mol % of repeating units, wherein a carboxylic acid terminated linear oligomer component is present on the surface of the polyester fibers, and the absorbency according to the JIS L1907 dripping method after washing 30 times according to the JIS L0217 103 C method is at most 5 seconds. The polyester fibers preferably contain 0.005-1 wt % of the S element.

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Hiroyuki Kinouchi