Abstract: A mini-support belt for a garment includes first and second sections of non-elastic flexible material. The belt sections are adapted adjacent one end of each for cooperable releasable interconnection. The first and second belt sections, when interconnected, are of sufficient length to extend across the front only of a person's torso below the waist from a location proximate one hip to a corresponding location of the garment relative to the other hip. The invention also includes the combination of a mini-support belt of the character described and a garment adapted to be worn so as to cover at least that portion of the torso extending from the waist downwardly.