Those little ribbon hanging bits...

[felixthecat]

We had a thread ages ago on this but I need to start a new one to vent my annoyance of the irritating fuckers that garment manufacturers put on EVERYTHING.

This morning they have made me unaccountably angry

And yes, I know I need help

 

[fizzerbird]

Do you mean the hangy thingies? that they are supposed to be hung on?

If so, then yes they irritate the fuck outta me! I cut them off as soon as I know Im keeping the garment.

Only the other day I actually managed to get my arm caught in one that I had neglected to cut off. I was struggling to get my arm back out and must have looked a right twat on the beach as I was putting my top on after swimming and ended up having a full on wrestle with myself!

Ban them I say...Ban them!

 

[bi0boy]

 

[spanglechick]

I always snip them off. It's for shop display use, to avoid the assistants having to rehang everything constantly. At home hangers get less jostling, so they're unnecessary, in most cases.

 

[gentlegreen]

I could do with them on my tee shirts - they're always sliding off the hangers - especially when drip-drying ...

 

[Fez909]

I think they mean the things that only come on women's tops. They're usually on wide necked ones as otherwise they would slide off a coat hanger.

I could do with them on my tee shirts - they're always sliding off the hangers - especially when drip-drying ...

You could try bigger hangers? The ones for suits are usually massive. Surely they'd hold your t shirt up?

 

[Sirena]

For a long time, I thought they were somehow necessary, even though I couldn't work out precisely what their function was.

Then I had a revelation. From then on, I've just cut them all off.....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I think they mean the things that only come on women's tops. They're usually on wide necked ones as otherwise they would slide off a coat hanger.

Are they the little bits of fabric at the centre of the the neck that are about an inch or so long - you get them on everything from coats to t-shirts?

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

I could do with them on my tee shirts - they're always sliding off the hangers - especially when drip-drying ...

Winding an elastic band around each end of the hanger can give enough grip that things don't slide off.

 

[fizzerbird]

I use fabric coated hangers (not as slippery) or the elastic rubber band trick as suggested by the lovely Yu_Gi_Oh...rubber ended clothes pegs work well too, especially for fragile, silk or thin blouses tops.

 

[gentlegreen]

Perhaps I will try rubber bands. I experimented with self-amalgamating rubber tape at work ...
My biggest issue in recent times is not being able to get plastic hangers that will support the weight of a dripping wet tea shirt ...

 

[Fez909]

Are they the little bits of fabric at the centre of the the neck that are about an inch or so long - you get them on everything from coats to t-shirts?

Nope. They're much longer and you get one at each side, near the shoulders, often when the garment doesn't have any shoulders - if that makes sense? As I said, they're only on women's clothes...I think.

 

[Fez909]

These:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Nope. They're much longer and you get one at each side, near the shoulders, often when the garment doesn't have any shoulders - if that makes sense? As I said, they're only on women's clothes...I think.

Ah right. I don't buy shoulder-less clothing so have never seen these things.

 

[such and such]

Ah right. I don't buy shoulder-less clothing so have never seen these things.

They also exist on things with shoulders as well. As others have said, in fact they exist in a wide variety of women's clothing. I don't think they exist in men's clothing. They're called hanging loops.

 

[gentlegreen]

Those straps look to me as if it's a way to prevent the clothing from stretching under its own weight ...

 

[The Boy]

Those straps look to me as if it's a way to prevent the clothing from stretching under its own weight ...

That's what I always understood them to be for.

 

[bi0boy]

You'd think someone would invent a hanger suitable for these items, rather than rely on special ribbons inside the clothing which look to be really annoying.

 

[moose]

Chop the fuckers off and get these hangers.

 

[blossie33]

I cut them off straight away, I don't hang my things up anyway, just fold them.

 

[Geri]

I cut them off as well, they irritate me. As do labels.