Abstract: In order to provide an article of leg apparel, in particular a stocking, which is suitable for reducing the risk of injury to the wearer of the leg apparel, particularly during sports activities and to achieve compensation of possible functional imbalances in the musculoskeletal system of the wearer, it is proposed that the leg apparel includes at least one compression region in which, in the worn state, the leg apparel exerts a compression effect on the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel, and includes at least one stimulus-inducing structure which, in the worn state, is arranged on an inside of the leg apparel facing toward the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel.

Abstract: In order to provide a method for producing an article of clothing, which comprises a textile main body and functional elements arranged on the textile main body, which offers a large degree of design freedom with regard to the geometry of the functional elements and ensures good adhesion of the functional elements to the textile main body, it is proposed that the method comprises the following: producing the textile main body; providing a shaped part having at least one functional-element recess for accommodating a functional-element starting material; introducing the functional-element starting material into the at least one functional-element recess; bringing the shaped part, which is provided with the functional-element starting material, and the textile main body into contact; producing at least one functional element connected to the textile main body in a substance-to-substance bonded manner from the functional-element starting material.

Abstract: In order to provide an upper body article of apparel, in particular a shirt, a bodysuit, an undershirt or an oversleeve which is suitable for reducing the risk of injury to the wearer of the upper body article of apparel, particularly during sports activities and to achieve compensation of possible functional imbalances in the musculoskeletal system of the wearer, it is proposed that the upper body article of apparel comprises at least one compression region in which, in the worn state, the upper body article of apparel exerts a compression effect on the body of the wearer of the upper body article of apparel, and comprises at least one stimulus-inducing structure which, in the worn state, is arranged on an inside of the upper body article of apparel facing toward the body of the wearer of the upper body article of apparel.

Abstract: In order to provide an article of leg apparel, in particular a stocking, which is suitable for reducing the risk of injury to the wearer of the leg apparel, particularly during sports activities and to achieve compensation of possible functional imbalances in the musculoskeletal system of the wearer, it is proposed that the leg apparel includes at least one compression region in which, in the worn state, the leg apparel exerts a compression effect on the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel, and includes at least one stimulus-inducing structure which, in the worn state, is arranged on an inside of the leg apparel facing toward the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel.