What you need to know about hangers

A clothes or coat hanger is a device in the shape of the human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles. It also has a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts. Leaving our clothes on the hanger not […]

A clothes or coat hanger is a device in the shape of the human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles. It also has a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts.

Leaving our clothes on the hanger not only prevents wrinkles but keeps them tidy and readily available for use whenever we need them. The possibility of the clothes littering the floor of the room is not also there when hangers are in used.

Hangers come in three basic types; the first is the wire hanger, which has a simple loop of wire, most often in a flattened triangular shape that continues into a hook at the top. The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape with the edges smoothened to prevent damage to the clothing, and a hook, usually of metal, protruding from the point. 

Some wooden hangers have a rounded bar from tip to tip, forming a flattened triangle. This bar is designed to hang the trousers belonging to the jacket. 

The third kind and most used in today’s world are plastic coat hangers, which mostly mimic the shape of either a wire or wooden hanger. Plastic coat hangers are also produced in smaller sizes to accommodate the shapes of children’s clothes.

Some hangers have clips along the bottom for suspending skirts and trousers. Other hangers have little rings coming from the top two bars to hang straps from tank-tops.

Though many do not see it as important in the home but having one in your room can save you a lot of stress from having to throw your clothing all around and getting wrinkled.

Hangers can be fixed on the wall or in the wardrobe where your clothes are arranged for easy access. It can also be fixed in the bathroom where towels can be hung instead of spreading them at the edge of the bed or on the room sofa.

Making beautiful hangers that are not locked up in the wardrobe can also beautify the room.