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Clothes Hangers

The development of the clothes hanger has increased exponentially over the years as retail clothing stores and store displays have become extremely prevalent. Due to the extreme variety of clothing purpose and fashion, there needs to be a clothes hanger for every garment and display scenario.

1. The first and most common hanger is the Wire Hanger. Some wire hangers have been known leave rust stains or stretch certain types of clothes.

2. Plastic Hangers are perhaps the second in affordability and are beginning to closely compete with the old traditional wire hangers in number, due to their greater durability. A more specific design of plastic hangers is the tubular hanger. These are extremely common, thicker gauged hangers that last forever and make organization easy.

Coats, blazers and the like are often found on nice wooden hangers. Some wooden hangers have a wooden rod, rapped by a metal bar, to provide a place to secure pants on the hanger.

3. Padded hangers provide protection for delicate items. Padded hangers really do serve to protect more fragile clothing, but their purpose is largely a decorative one.

4. There are many types of Specialty Hangers that can be used to fit specific needs of clothing items. There are hangers with clips, hangers with garment specific notches, streamlined metal hangers, and decorative hangers of all kinds.

This last category of clothes hangers is rather broad, but if each of these “specialty hangers” was described and listed, this article would be far too long to hold anyone’s attention.

How to Choose a Hanger

There are many different types of hangers out there. The right hanger can make a difference in the appearance of your store or closet and also the longevity of your clothing.

Retail stores can make great use of sturdy plastic and acrylic hangers. Broken hangers in your store can also make for a dangerous liability. Opt for higher quality plastic hangers. Nicer hangers also help to make a better impression on your customers. Plastic hangers are also a staple in most homes. For a child’s closet, you really should use hangers designed to fit in their clothes. Adult hangers can stretch out shoulders and cause your child’s clothes to get misshapen very quickly.

Wooden hangers are a lot better for suits and jackets. Suits can easily loose their clean-cut look if hung on regular hangers. Wooden hangers in a retail store can have a significant impact. Cedar hangers can be used in areas of high humidity to absorb moisture and protect your clothing.

Clothes Hangers

What could be more central to closet organization than the humble hanger? Before Joy Huggable Hangers came around, there were 3 types of closet hangers.

Wood hangers – Wood hangers are the heaviest of the 3 hanger types. The classic wire hanger. Made famous through cheap mass production for the dry cleaner industry, wire hangers were designed for temporary use and light items. Wire hangers have even been known to discolor or rust in humid air, leaving horrible stain marks on your clothes.

Similar in shape to the wooden hanger, the plastic hanger is fast replacing the wire hanger as the mass production standard, and is becoming very popular. Not all plastic hangers resemble the wooden hangers by providing an additional bar across the bottom for slacks, but some do. Plastic hangers are cheap and durable, but like the wooden hangers, take up lots of valuable space in your closet. Children’s clothing is often hung on plastic hangers.

Skirt clips are found on some hangers, and if the hanger is tiered, it can hold several garments concurrently. There was a constant search to create a wrinkle free hanger. Your child’s closet is the first place I would remove your old wire hanger system and replace it with visually appealing, space saving, and child safe Joy Mangano Huggable Hangers. For added space, buy some Huggable Hangers clips that join several hangers together in a cascading fashion so that you can hang several shirts in the place of 1 single shirt.