A limited durability fastening for a garment. The garment is provided with
fastening members which engage to close the fastening and the fastening
members are provided with means for controlling the degradation of the
closure strength of the fastening as it is opened and closed and thus the
number of permissible closures of the fastening having a pre-determined
closure strength. The garment is particularly useful when fitted to a
foot where short life is desirable at low cost or to a garment where
re-use is to be discouraged for either clinical or commercial reasons.