Provided are clothes which can actively provide support corresponding to each of various different moving states of a wearer. These clothes comprise: a bodice body part 2 that covers the lower abdomen and the buttocks of the wearer； a leg sleeve part 3 that covers leg parts of the wearer； and strong contraction bands 4 and 5 that are disposed around knees of the wearer in the leg sleeve part 3 and have a stronger contraction force in a longitudinal direction than that of the knitted fabric of the leg sleeve part 3, wherein the bodice body part 2 and the leg sleeve part 3 are formed of knitted fabric, active support parts 42a, 42b, 52a, and 52b, in which the strong contraction bands 4, 5 are formed to have a larger contraction force than that of the knitted fabric of the leg sleeve part 3 in the bending and stretching direction of the wearer, are arranged in parallel in pair along a bending and stretching direction of the knees, and each of the active support parts 42a, 42b, 52a, and 52b arranged in parallel changes from when the knees are extended to when the knees are bent.一種能夠主動實施與穿著者之各種不同動作狀態分別對應之支承的衣物。該衣物構成為，利用編織物形成覆蓋穿著者之下腹部及臀部之前後片本體部2、及覆蓋穿著者之腿部之腿套部3，且具備以該腿套部3中之穿著者之膝部為中心配設，具有相較該腿套部3之編織物而在長度方向上收縮力強之強收縮帶4、5，該強收縮帶4、5係將相較腿套部3之編織物之布料而穿著者之屈伸方向上收縮力形成得較大之主動支承部42a、42b、52a、52b沿著上述膝部之屈伸方向分別並排配設一對，該並排之各主動支承部42a、42b、52a、52b於膝部伸展時至膝部彎曲時產生變化。
