Fashion stylist reveals how popular velvet hangers are RUINING your clothing – particularly if you’re petite
A professional fashion stylist has revealed why you should ditch the velvet hangers in your closet immediately, especially if you’re short.
The tip was shared by a Los Angeles-based stylist Becca Kahane in a video posted to TikTok this week.
Kahane, who also works as a personal shopper, often uses her social media accounts to share her clothing styling tips and tricks and trend predictions.
In a new excerpt, Kahane explained her reasoning for urging people to avoid velvet hangers, explaining that she originally learned the tip from a professional wardrobe archiver.
In a new video on TikTok, Los Angeles stylist Becca Kahane revealed why you shouldn’t use velvet hangers in your closet
Kahane often makes videos where she shares her fashion and styling tips, tricks and other secrets
“Do not use these types of hangers, especially if you are a petite woman under a size six,” Kahane began.
“You don’t want to use these for tops, dresses, sweaters, jackets,” she continued.
The stylist revealed that hanging your clothes on velvet hangers will stretch the shoulders of the garments, explaining that the size of the wardrobe accessories, combined with the fact that they catch on the fabric of your clothes, can lead to disaster to lead.
She also showed why this happens, revealing that the width of the pendant is usually much greater than the width of her own shoulders.
“So if you put a top on it, it will stretch out the top and the shoulder area, so your sleeve doesn’t quite fall where it should, and it creates a little dip,” she said.
“You don’t want that, it will ruin your shirts.”
The solution?
Instead of buying velvet hangers, Kahane recommended buying child-sized hangers.
The styling expert warned viewers that using large velvet hangers can stretch the shoulders of your clothes
Instead, Kahane recommended buying child-sized hangers because they won’t stretch out your shirts
Kahane said she uses the children’s hangers to hang the pants in her closet and show the size
“They’re very similar, they look the same, but they won’t stretch your tops,” Kahane said.
She said she mainly used children’s hangers to hang her pants.
“Something they recommended as well, I mean you can get the wooden hangers that everyone else has, but just the normal, plastic hanger.”
The fashion stylist held up a velvet hanger next to a plastic one to compare the two, showing that the plastic curves downward to “follow the shape of your shirt.”
She also talked about the importance of keeping your hangers out of the dry cleaners.
“One thing that a lot of closet organizers tell you to get rid of, and that I hoard, is dry cleaning hangers,” Kahane said.
“I know this is an unpopular opinion, but you can see here that the way they go down matches perfectly with where my sleeve ends,” she admitted, adding that the shirts don’t stretch and don’t take up much space to take. space in the closet.
At the end of the video, she joked that she was “sorry for bursting everyone’s bubble” when it came to velvet pendants.
Instead, Kahane suggested using a regular plastic hanger as she showed viewers the size difference
Although it’s an “unpopular opinion,” Kahane also suggested hanging clothes on the dry cleaner’s wire hangers
In the comments section of her video, some noted that they had noticed this when hanging clothes with velvet hangers
In the comments section of the clip, some users admitted to noticing the damage velvet hangers have caused to their tops.
“Yes, I’ve noticed it on some cashmere tops and stains. I’m now folding and draping the hanger,” one person wrote.
Another agreed: “I have experienced this first hand. Never use these hangers again! My sweaters and shirts were stretched.”
Others were devastated when they learned they had to replace their hangers.
‘What should I do with all these 80?!’ someone wondered.
One person wrote: ‘Omg I’m so upset.’