An adaptive garment portion, comprising: a first material portion having one or more first apertures in a first pattern, the first material portion having a top surface and a bottom surface in a first planar direction; a second material portion having one or more second apertures in the first pattern, the second material portion have a top surface and a bottom surface in the first planar direction; a responsive material , the responsive material coupled to the first material portion bottom surface and to the second material portion top surface ; the responsive material portion configured to change from a first physical state to a second physical state in response to a change in environmental conditions such as thermal energy, moisture and/or an application of stimuli such as electrical energy, magnetic field, and light energy, the change of the responsive material portion from the first physical state to the second physical state causing a physical relative movement between the first material portion and the second material portion , wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion are offset a first amount from the one or more apertures of the second material portion in the first planar direction when the responsive material portion is in the first physical state and wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion are offset a second amount from the one or more apertures of the second material portion in the first planar direction when the responsive material portion is in the second physical state, wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion and the one or more apertures of the second material portion are substantially aligned at the second physical state of the responsive material , and/or wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion and the one or more apertures of the second material portion are substantially not aligned at the first physical state of the responsive material . a second material portion having one or more second apertures in the first pattern, the second material portion have a top surface and a bottom surface in the first planar direction; a responsive material , the responsive material coupled to the first material portion bottom surface and to the second material portion top surface ; the responsive material portion configured to change from a first physical state to a second physical state in response to a change in environmental conditions such as thermal energy, moisture and/or an application of stimuli such as electrical energy, magnetic field, and light energy, the change of the responsive material portion from the first physical state to the second physical state causing a physical relative movement between the first material portion and the second material portion , wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion are offset a first amount from the one or more apertures of the second material portion in the first planar direction when the responsive material portion is in the first physical state and wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion are offset a second amount from the one or more apertures of the second material portion in the first planar direction when the responsive material portion is in the second physical state, wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion and the one or more apertures of the second material portion are substantially aligned at the second physical state of the responsive material , and/or wherein the one or more apertures of the first material portion and the one or more apertures of the second material portion are substantially not aligned at the first physical state of the responsive material . <EOS>