This was not great for the shirt or pants nor was it a great way to display. This led to the invention of the clothes hanger.One of the essential needs of mankind is clothing. Ready to pick and choose? Most clothing is attractively displayed by the use of wooden, plastic or metallic wire hangers. Till that time clothes were simply folded and stored.At home a major use of storage space is to store clothing, shoes, and garments.Hangers arrived as innovations and the innovation continues. It saves space and also makes it easy to store or remove a garment.Modern trendsThe modern trends are in the direction of luxury, environmental concerns and innovative use of materials.The concern for the environment leads to the issue of recycling. Examples of luxury are hangers specially designed for pet apparel.In time hangers were used to store apparel at home too.The hanger allows the garment to be stored in the form in which it is worn without creasing. Therefore it is also used for garment inventories. Despite being able to serve a lifetime they do have a shelf life after which they are discarded and thrown in landfills. It stored the garment without creasing it, saved space and was a great help in displaying the garment. The garment retailers and dry cleaners led its adoption to display and store garments. People take convenient easy to use clothing storage options for granted.. This excites children and attracts them towards their use and not dump their clothes around the house.DesignMost of the garments like the shirt, suit coat, and sweater hang on the body of the wearer from his shoulder.Origin of HangersIt was not quite like this till the late 1800s and early 1900s. One example is a one with a comic face display that changes when clothes are hung on it.It was an elegant invention. There they find a huge choice, neatly displayed. The wooden hanger was beautified by coating of lacquer on natural finished hardwood, and are use for display in shops.Types- Metal, Wooden and PlasticAt first there were wooden and metallic wire hangers. This does away with the need for a bar.Another example is one with a magnet in place of the hook. It becomes environmentally hazardous as some toxic materials are used in lacquer and plastics. People flock to the malls to shop for garments. Plastic ones were introduced at a later stage and are mostly found in households. A lower bar was added to hang trousers, skirts etc. It therefore allows greater freedom to store clothes in a cupboard. Hence plastic ones are now being recycled but to a limited extent. The magnet attaches itself to a metallic cupboard's roof. A hook or clamp was added to the design to enable it to be hanged from a fixture. This lead to the design of the hanger in the shape of a person's shoulder. Metallic hangers are also inexpensive and can.
Monday, April 7, 2008
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