Everyone likes a clean closet. One that is organized and nice to look at just in case someone were to open the door. Hangers are the most common solution to closet organization. The hanger was originally invented in 1869, and over 100 years later, it is still going through changes and being improved upon with more recent solutions like Huggable Hangers.
Wood hangers – Wood hangers are the heaviest of the 3 hanger types. Predominately used for the hanging of winter coats and other not so light clothing. The top trellis of the hanger is made of wood, with a metal rod intersecting both ends across the bottom. Often, there is an additional wooden bar across the bottom edge for the hanging of suit pants or other slacks.
Wire hangers – This is the classic hanger type, made popular due to its inexpensive production. Originally designed for dry cleaners, these types of hangers are built for temporary use and lighter items, but they easily bendable and have been known to rust, leaving stains on clothing. Wire hangers have other uses as well, like unclogging drains and making crafts.
Wooden hangers – These are mostly used to hang heavy articles of clothing, like winter coats, and are thus quite bulky and heavy themselves, but also very strong. Often an additional wooden bar is placed along the bottom to hang pants on.
The hanger as we know it today did not start off as a household item. In 1869, a wire and novelty worker invented the apparatus for retail use. General stores were using them to display gentleman’s clothes as early as 1906. It soon became a commodity with its first redesign patent (for cardboard wrinkle preventing padding) exploding on the scene in 1932, and are still a standard in the hanger industry to this day.
These days, though, hangers are being chosen not only for their functionality, but for their style and visual appeal. In the search for the ultimate hanger solution, most have seemed to settle on fabric-enclosed hangers. The Joy Mangano Huggable Hanger collection is one of these solutions. These hangers have the desired visual appear, space conservation, and child safety, so they are an ideal replacement for wire hangers. There are also clips available that can join several hangers together multiplying the amount of clothing you can store in one space.
While wire hangers are to be found everywhere, and are very useful, I would not include hanging my clothes with them one of their valid uses. They can be used to unclog drains, arts, crafts, or any other use you deem fit for wire. As with any other sharp metal object, please do not allow your children to play with a wire hanger, ever. 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 Hanger Sets.
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