Convertible outfit

Abstract

A convertible garment has a convertible top garment and a convertible bottom garment. The top garment has a substantially rectangular body with one or more connecting features located along its top and bottom edges so that the top garment can be converted from a first, substantially flat state to a second, wearable state. The top garment may further include a removable hood and an inner pocket sized to substantially receive the removable hood and/or the entirety of the top garment. The convertible bottom garment includes a body portion formed of material that tapers from a substantially skirt-shaped garment to a pant by the leg openings. Adjustable cuffs at each leg opening allow the bottom garment to be converted from a skirt-shaped state to a pants-shaped state.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A convertible outfit comprising:
 a convertible top garment including a substantially rectangular body, the body including one or more connecting features located along a top edge of the body and along a bottom edge of the body, the one or more connecting features located along the top edge of the body configured to join with the one or more connecting features located along the bottom edge of the body, forming two substantially tubular portions when the one or more connecting features located along the top edge of the body are joined with the one or more connecting features located along the bottom edge of the body, one tubular portion located at a right side of the body and one tubular portion located at a left side of the body; and   a convertible bottom garment, the convertible bottom garment including one top opening at the top of the bottom garment sized to fit substantially on a wearer's waist, and two bottom openings at the bottom of the bottom garment, each bottom opening sized to substantially receive a leg of the wearer, wherein each bottom opening terminates in a cuff configured to form to an ankle or leg of the wearer, depending on where the wearer positions the cuff.   
     
     
         2 . The convertible outfit of  claim 1 , wherein the convertible top garment further comprises a hood portion along the top edge of the body. 
     
     
         3 . The convertible outfit of  claim 2 , wherein the hood portion is selectively detachable from the top edge of the body. 
     
     
         4 . The convertible outfit of  claim 3 , wherein the convertible top garment further includes along the top edge of the body a collar portion spanning a middle section of the top edge, the collar portion being selectively openable and closeable through an accessibility feature, and wherein within the collar portion are one or more connecting features configured to connect with one or more connecting features located along a bottom edge of the hood portion such that the hood portion may be selectively attached or detached from the body. 
     
     
         5 . The convertible outfit of  claim 3 , wherein the convertible top garment further comprises a pocket formed on an inner surface of the body substantially in the middle of the body and substantially along the bottom edge of the body. 
     
     
         6 . The convertible outfit of  claim 5 , wherein the pocket includes a zipper located near a top edge of the pocket, the zipper running substantially along a width of the pocket. 
     
     
         7 . The convertible outfit of  claim 6 , wherein the pocket is sized to substantially receive the hood portion when the hood portion is detached from the top edge of the body. 
     
     
         8 . The convertible outfit of  claim 6 , wherein the pocket is sized to substantially receive the entirety of the top garment when the top garment is worked into the pocket. 
     
     
         9 . The convertible outfit of  claim 1 , wherein the body further includes one or more connective features located along a right edge of the body and one or more connective features located along a left edge of the body. 
     
     
         10 . The convertible outfit of  claim 1 , wherein the convertible bottom garment is formed of a material having a substantially skirt shape toward the upper edge of the bottom garment and a substantially pant shape toward the bottom edges of the bottom garment. 
     
     
         11 . The convertible outfit of  claim 10 , wherein the convertible bottom garment further comprises an overlay portion formed on a front side of the bottom garment, the overlay portion consisting of a crossover of material, and a pleated portion formed on a back side of the bottom garment, the pleated portion consisting of a pleated material section, the crossover of material and the pleated portion configured to further a loose fit of the bottom garment. 
     
     
         12 . The convertible outfit of  claim 11 , wherein the convertible bottom garment is selectively convertible between a substantially skirt-shaped garment by positioning the cuffs of each bottom opening toward the knees of the wearer, and a substantially pants-shaped garment by positioning the cuffs of each bottom opening toward the ankles of the wearer. 
     
     
         13 . The convertible outfit of  claim 1 , wherein the convertible bottom garment further comprises an inner pocket formed inside the bottom garment toward a middle upper front edge of the garment, the inner pocket sized to hold one or more of a passport and cash money. 
     
     
         14 . A method of converting a convertible top garment from a first state to a second state, the method comprising:
 connecting one or more connecting features located along an upper right edge of a body of the top garment to corresponding one or more connecting features located along a bottom right edge of the body of the top garment, thereby forming a first tubular portion on a right side of the top garment, wherein said first tubular portion is thereby wearable as a first sleeve when the top garment is worn by a wearer; and   connecting one or more connecting features located along an upper left edge of the body of the top garment to corresponding one or more connecting features located along a bottom left edge of the body of the top garment, thereby forming a second tubular portion on a left side of the top garment, wherein said second tubular portion is thereby wearable as a second sleeve when the top garment is worn by a wearer.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein fewer than all of the one or more connecting features located along the upper right edge of the body are connected to fewer than all of the corresponding one or more connecting features located along the lower right edge of the body, and fewer than all of the one or more connecting features located along the upper left edge of the body are connected to fewer than all of the corresponding one or more connecting features located along the lower left edge of the body, thereby shortening the first and second tubular portions and enabling the middle lower edge of the body to be adjustable downward and the middle upper edge of the body to be adjustable upward. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising connecting one or more connecting features located along a distal end of the first tubular portion to a corresponding one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the first tubular portion to decrease the circumference of the first tubular portion at its distal end, and connecting one or more connecting features located along a distal end of the second tubular portion to a corresponding one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the second tubular portion to decrease the circumference of the second tubular portion at its distal end. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising disconnecting the one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the first tubular portion from the corresponding one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the first tubular portion to increase the circumference of the first tubular portion at its distal end, and disconnecting the one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the second tubular portion from the corresponding one or more connecting features located along the distal end of the second tubular portion to increase the circumference of the second tubular portion at its distal end. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising disconnecting one or more connecting features located along a bottom edge of a hood portion of the top garment from corresponding one or more connecting features located within a collar portion of the top garment, the collar portion formed substantially in a middle section of the upper edge of the body of the top garment, thereby detaching the hood portion from the top garment. 
     
     
         19 . A method of converting a convertible bottom garment from a substantially pants-shaped garment to a substantially skirt-shaped garment while the bottom garment is worn by a wearer, the garment having a first leg opening through which a first leg of the wearer is placed and a second leg opening through which a second leg of the wearer is placed, the method comprising:
 positioning a first cuff formed at a bottom edge of the first leg opening toward a knee of the wearer on the wearer's first leg; and   positioning a second cuff formed at a bottom edge of the second leg opening toward a knee of the wearer's second leg,   such that a material forming the bottom garment is substantially pushed upward on the wearer's body, forming a substantially skirt-shaped garment.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the substantially skirt-shaped bottom garment is converted to a substantially pants-shaped garment by positioning the first cuff of the first leg opening toward an ankle of the wearer on the wearer's first leg, and positioning the second cuff of the second leg opening toward an ankle of the wearer on the wearer's second leg, such that the material forming the bottom garment is substantially pulled downward on the wearer's body, forming a substantially pants-shaped garment.