Abstract: The invention provides a device capable of incorporating into or attachable to trousers for avoiding buttock cleavage when a wearer of the trousers is bending forward. The device includes a body having a perimeter defined by an upper side and a lower side with respect to the trousers when incorporated, the lower side having a greater length than the upper side, the body being shaped to define a middle portion that bends upward to two distal ends. The trousers have a non-linear waistband such that a front section is lower than a back section and two side sections. The two distal ends are arranged to hold the two side sections of the trousers, and the middle portion is arranged to hold the front section of the trousers. A tension force is applied by the two side sections to hold the back section in place when the wearer is bending forward.

Abstract: A garment comprises a span member having a right upper portion, a left upper portion, and a lower middle portion and defining an open space between the right and left upper portions. A waistband is connected to the right and left upper portions of the span member. The span member is substantially rigid such that movement of the right upper portion away from the left upper portion is resisted, and such that circumferential tension is maintained along the waistband sufficient to maintain the garment in a desired location on a wearer's body. The fabric of the garment is attached to the span member to form a garment with an open space between the right and left upper portions of the span member.