Waistband construction

The waistband of trousers is made responsive, within limits, to increase and decrease of the girth of the wearer, by means of a construction including a member which is stretchable lengthwise, and where such member provides stretchability in the girth of the wearer, while being substantially inelastic, or at most somewhat bendable, transversely of the girth of the wearer, and assembling this member with the body fabric of the garment at what amounts to the waist of a garment, so that the entire stretching construction will hold the member concealed while it still remains responsive to changes in the circumference at the waist, as well as to bending movements, of the wearer.