In one embodiment of the invention, a garment includes a fabric with a plurality of pores. The pores have a size capable of permitting a given liquid with a surface tension below the critical surface tension of the fabric when treated with a fluorochemical to pass through the fabric. The fabric has an occluding composition applied thereto which prevent passage of the given liquid through the pores while allowing vapor passage through the pores. Other embodiments of the invention include specific constituents of the occluding composition and other compositions that may be applied to a garment. Further embodiments of the invention include garments, fabrics, fabric based articles, and methods for making such articles that include a composition to alter the properties of the fabric.