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1. A wearable garment for capable of effecting passive ventilation when worn under an over-garment, said wearable garment comprising: a sheet of three-dimensional fabric configured as a torso covering garment, said sheet of three-dimensional fabric being constructed as a combination of layers including a top layer, a bottom layer, and a middle layer located in between and connecting said top and bottom layers; wherein said top, bottom, and middle layers each include a plurality of openings interconnected with openings in adjacent layers, said interconnection of openings thereby forming a plurality of air pathways interwoven throughout said wearable garment and through which air passively travels; and wherein at least said middle layer is comprised of a plurality of elements spatially separating and extending between said top and bottom layers, said elements having semi-rigid, semi-flexible characteristics.

2. A wearable garment according to claim 1 wherein said top and bottom layers are spatially separated so as to define a thickness of said three-dimensional fabric sheet, and wherein said middle layer elements are sufficiently rigid to selectively maintain said spaced condition between said top and bottom layers.

3. A wearable garment according to claim 2 wherein said middle layer elements are at least partially compressible and therefore said thickness of said three-dimensional fabric is at least partially compressible; and wherein said middle layer elements possess a memory such that if they are compressed by a force, said middle layer elements will return substantially to their original configuration when the force is removed.

4. A wearable garment according to claim 3 wherein said garment is constructed from a sheet of said three-dimensional fabric trimmed into a torso covering-outline configuration, said torso covering-outline configuration comprising: a generally rectangular three-dimensional fabric sheet including an aperture cut into a portion of said fabric sheet proximal a center thereof, said aperture being sized to accommodate entry and egress of a wearer's head; and said configuration including two pairs of generally oppositely located scalloped cuts in perimeter sides of said fabric sheet; and wherein said three-dimensional fabric sheet is comprised of a material which is capable of being folded in half proximal a cross-section of said aperture thereby to assume a configuration of a wearable vest.

5. A wearable garment according to claim 4 wherein said three-dimensional fabric has such a configuration and said air pathways are so configured and so located within said thickness of said three-dimensional fabric so as to permit passive air flow through said garment in at least two dimensions of space.

6. A wearable garment according to claim 5 wherein said three-dimensional fabric has such a configuration and said air pathways are so configured and so located within said thickness of said three-dimensional fabric so as to permit passive air flow through said garment in at least three dimensions of space.

7. A wearable garment according to claim 6 wherein said three-dimensional fabric includes a first category of openings extending generally vertically between said top and bottom layers and includes a second category of openings interconnected with said first category of openings extending generally non-vertically between said top and bottom layers.

8. A wearable garment according to claim 7 wherein said first and said second categories of openings are so configured and interconnected with one another to form said air pathways so as to allow passive air flow in a plurality of directions and at random angles throughout said thickness of said three-dimensional fabric.

9. A wearable garment according to claim 8 wherein said air pathways are so interconnected and located within said thickness of said three-dimensional fabric sheet so as to allow air flow from one end of said sheet of fabric to any other end of said fabric sheet.

10. A wearable garment according to claim 9 wherein said three-dimensional fabric is substantially flexible throughout a majority of said fabrics surface area.

11. A wearable garment according to claim 10 wherein said three-dimensional fabric possesses flame retardant properties.

12. A wearable garment according to claim 10 wherein said three-dimensional fabric is comprised of a material which a general resistance to ballistic projectiles.

13. A wearable garment according to claim 10 further including at least a first and a second pair of user fastenable and unfastenable connectors located on generally opposite sides of said garment proximal a perimeter surface thereof, said first and second pairs of connectors being so located on said garment such that said connectors are capable of securing said garment to a user.

14. A wearable garment according to claim 13 wherein said first and second pairs of connectors are a type selected from the group consisting of: hook and loop fasteners, male/female connectors, elastic strapping, and rubber fasteners.

15. A wearable garment according to claim 9 wherein said top and bottom layers of said three-dimensional fabric are each comprised of a layer of flexible fibers woven into a pattern having apertures therein.

16. A wearable garment according to claim 9 wherein said apertures in said top layer are staggered in location with respect to said apertures in said bottom layer.

17. A wearable garment according to claim 9 wherein said apertures in said top layer have axes extending vertically through centers thereof, and said apertures in said bottom later have axes extending vertically through centers thereof; and wherein said axes of said top layer are each offset a selected distance from said axes of said bottom layer, respectively.

18. A wearable garment according to claim 17 wherein said apertures of said top and bottom layers are generally uniform in size and perimeter configuration, and wherein said selected distance of said offset of said axes of said top and said bottom layers is generally equal in numerical value, plus or minus twenty percent, to an average numerical value of a length of radii of said top and bottom apertures.

19. A wearable garment according to claim 15 wherein said elements of said middle layer are interwoven with said fibers of said top and bottom layers.

20. A wearable garment according to claim 19 wherein said elements of said middle layer are comprised of a first material and said fibers of said top and bottom layers are comprised of a second material; and wherein said first material is different in composition than said composition of said second material.

21. A wearable garment according to claim 3 wherein said garment is integrally attached to a body facing side of an overgarment for providing passive ventilation under said overgarment.

22. A wearable garment according to claim 3 wherein said garment is integrally attached to a non-body facing side of an undergarment for providing passive ventilation over said undergarment.