Abstract: A knee protector/stabilizer is formed from tubular knit stretch material with stays attached to the exterior sides thereof and which has an internal covered pad arrangement attached at selected points on the inside of the protector/stabilizer in the area of the knee and at other selected points attached to straps which are adjustable from the outside of the protector/stabilizer.

Abstract: The garment may be in the form of a panty, panty girdle, panty hose or the like and includes a panty portion formed of single piece front and rear panels with seams connecting opposite sides and a single seam extending transversely across the crotch area. The single piece front and rear panels are formed by transversely cutting seamless tubular blanks at an angle so that one side of the tube is substantially longer than the opposite side and then longitudinally slitting the tubular lengths of fabric along the shorter sides so that each panel includes opposite cut sides and inwardly and downwardly inclined cut edges. The lower medial portions of the cut edges of the body panels are joined together to form a crotch area and the opposite cut sides of the body panels are joined by side seams to form a pair of leg openings and a single waist opening.