Talk:Clothes hanger

Does anyone know what type of wire is presently used for coat hangers? Because it is so easily bent, I suspect it is aluminum but I would like to know for sure. Thank you in advance.
 * I suspect there are a variety of types available, depending on your manufacturer. -Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 15:04, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Coat/clothes hangers are made of steel wire, which a simple test with a magnet will reveal -- not to mention that one can also judge this from the color of the ends of cut piece of the wire. Ordinary aluminum wire is not nearly stiff enough for this application, not to mention that aluminum is MUCH more expensive than steel.

At any rate, this is academic : Almost all coat hangers today are made of plastic : Check any Wal-Mart. Their shape is, without any exception that I have ever seen, completely hostile to whatever one wants to hang upon them -- Compare the shape of any in-store hangers used by the better Department Stores. It would cost no more to produce them in the correct shape. The sadists in Bentonville must roll on the floor with mirth contemplating the inconvenience to users and the damage to clothing which they foist on the public with this completely insane design !! Like lemmings running to the edge of the cliffs, we dummies continue to buy them. My, my !!!

I think that dry cleaners still use wire hangers -- but who can afford to use them ?

America is RACING downhill !! VROOM !!!!!


 * Sure is. People care WAY too much about clothes.
 * and business cards if american psycho is anything to go by —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.35.116 (talk) 23:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

The Whoopi Goldberg sentence is a tad misleading. It could be read to suggest that she used the clothes hanger herself, which is, of course, not true. I hope. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.4.242.181 (talk) 00:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

More Pictures
While cleaning out my closet I found a few odd ones and took a picture. I'm not sure what some of these are. Add it to the article if you find it useful. Jhansonxi (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

unintended uses cont.?
Coat hangers are famous for procuring abortions I'm surprised this isn't mentioned it should be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.231.235 (talk) 01:17, 29 September 2011 (UTC) please don't. and knitting needles are just as famous for this use81.178.150.106 (talk) 09:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

In need of serious updating?
The article states that metal coat hangers are the most in use presently. It is now 2019 and I can't even remember the last time I saw metal coat hangers for sale. I have hundreds of them, all plastic. In any event, this and perhaps much of the article ought to be updated. As is it seems out of date. SentientParadox (talk) 05:12, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * have never bought a clothes hanger in my life - have received them gratis from cleaners and clothing stores when picking up pants, jackets, shirts, etc. While occasionally have gotten a plastic one and more than a few wooden ones (when buying suits and sport coats), 99.9% of the hangers that I have received over the past 50 years have been metal (sometimes all metal but also composite ones with a metal hook and arms, the latter connected by a cardboard tube with a sticky coating for keeping pants from slipping off). Indeed the several hundred currently in my possession are almost entirely of the all metal variety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:801:4280:A710:D4FB:E5EC:F44E:C077 (talk) 15:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Addition of historical content to article
Hello! In contribution to the article, I have added referenced historical detail pertaining to the coat-hanger's 19th century origins as an attachment to garments at the nape of the neck, as illustrated with related artefact image. Hope this helps contribute to WikiPoject Fashion (as detailed above)!

Thank you! Diary of a Dress Historian (talk) 13:16, 30 July 2023 (UTC)