Abstract: The present invention concerns a lace article for maintaining and supporting part of a woman's body. The lace article is an elastic material capable of being simultaneously thermoformed, welded and heat bonded to at least a reinforcement element. The elastic material is capable of being subjected without damage to the yarn to a permanent deformation by thermoforming during a molding process for producing lingerie in all standardized sizes and preserving after deformation a mechanical strength and elasticity such that the articles preserve their capacity to support and maintain the part of the body on which they are worn.

Abstract: The invention concerns lingerie articles comprising at least a moulded region to create a retaining and supporting volume of at least a curved part of the human body, made from a tubular knitted fabric (1) formed with a first extensible and thermoformable material, provided with a ribbing (2) which forms one of the edges of said article elastically enclosing the body, the final shape of the article being produced by cuts performed in the tubular knitted fabric from the free end opposite the ribbing.

Abstract: The invention concerns lingerie articles comprising at least a moulded region to create a retaining and supporting volume of at least a curved part of the human body, made from a tubular knitted fabric (1) formed with a first extensible and thermoformable material, provided with a ribbing (2) which forms one of the edges of said article elastically enclosing the body, the final shape of the article being produced by cuts performed in the tubular knitted fabric from the free end opposite the ribbing.