https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:48:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2168036 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:50:32 +0000 Anonymous 2168036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thinking on it- but our stability balls are crammed in my tiny closet so probably a bad idea for me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167870 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:26:05 +0000 Ledonna N. 2167870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really enjoyed reading this&nbsp; I hang my pants as well but i fold as I don't mind the fold.&nbsp; I need to see everything or I will forget.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167834 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:28:51 +0000 unfrumped 2167834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vildy, good points.<br /> I “ let” DH have the closet door for ties, so I don’t use OTD stirage in our shared closet.<br /> I did indulge in a free- standing clothes rack in spare BR , for outfit creation and travel capsules.<br /> I appreciate the “ curve” of flocked hangers and always use curved hangers for my tops to avoid misshapen shoulders. But I got these Okla curved plastic hangers and then added flocked tapes to the shoulders. Now Container Store doesn’t have them ( in store, at least) so this may be how I limit my wardrobe— only as much as I have hangers for! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167833 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:24:45 +0000 Helena 2167833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So true about how much cleaner pants are than shirts, jackets, etc. on the hangers. Great post; thanks for sharing your process. Love a good closet re-org! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167830 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:06:05 +0000 Vildy 2167830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang pants by the waistband but I used to, when I cared more :D,&nbsp;<br />hang them by the legs so the weight would pull them nice and smooth.<br />I also used to hang them doubled with a slit paper towel roll core over the bar.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I like flocked hangers for as much as possible, otherwise, simply because I can grab things or shove them back in and the shoulders&nbsp;<br />of things stay where I've carefully placed them.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have the light problem, too.&nbsp; Much of my main closet is double hung and I like your experience that trousers block the light less.&nbsp; I now have the bottom rod removed and have winter coats hanging.&nbsp; Where I had them before, in a different tiny closet, it was hard to see them.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love short over the outer part of the door cantilevered rods for, say tops and bottoms for ease of coming up with new combinations.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167820 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:14:18 +0000 unfrumped 2167820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Liesbeth, hope your project turns out great.<br /> I like my old system too- the new one is just working better for me right now.<br /> As I described, I gravitated toward the pants hangers with slightly heavier “ arms” though the lighter weight ones may look like they take uo a smidge less room.<br /> My choices for various types of hangers are a combination of how they treat the clothes plus a LOT about how they “ feel” when I get clothing out or hang it back up.<br /> That’s why I don’t use Huggable hangers except for some out- of- season hanging storage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167814 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:07:05 +0000 Liesbeth 2167814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great post. I currently hang my pants over regular hangers but we're planning a new closet and I'd LOVE to go for your old system ;). You've outlined the pros and cons in great detail. I don't have 'bulky' pants really so still yearning to maximize space this way! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167810 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:23:25 +0000 lyn67 2167810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah, Rachy...mining can be very fulfiling-as you can find some gems you never remembered you have!:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167786 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:31:00 +0000 rachylou 2167786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I know the light blocking problem so well... so well! Sadly, my closet is two-turns-of-the-century ago, from when people had four items of clothing total. Getting dressed is an excavation project... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167758 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:36:22 +0000 Jaime 2167758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. I am impressed! I do prefer to hang things because I am very visual and like to see it all, but do not have the closet space luxury to do so. I roll/fold my jeans and hang a few dressier trousers lengthwise with my dresses. But blocking light is next level and I aspire to be able to think about that one day ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167756 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:30:30 +0000 slim cat 2167756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfortunately I don't have the full space of closet available - storage bins sit under my hanging section ( except a very small space for a few dresses - mine and my daughter's ). I do have the pants/jeans hanging on the same level as tops for better visibility as you nicely explained .<br />Fluffy home pants rolled/folded usually.<br />Before- when we were living in a house with more space I did hang my pants in the open way by waistband. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167754 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:11:14 +0000 unfrumped 2167754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, love for full- length hanging! That’s great.<br /> The closet- candy pics usually feature the thinnest, crispest pressed pants also, to look so spare and serene. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167751 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:56:03 +0000 Kate 2167751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang my pants full length. I never liked folding them over a hanger because of creasing as Lisa mentioned; plus, I found them too bulky doubled up. I only wish I had the space to hang my jeans. I’m in the midst of a wardrobe evaluation/purge, and hope to gain some extra closet space. Tomorrow’s task is to tackle the sock drawer(s). I am very afraid... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167748 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:38:45 +0000 unfrumped 2167748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lisa p - right!<br /> I used thicker hangers, some of them spongy , and never had a problem - never hung pants folded on Huggables- and for more delicate fabrics, I did use some hangers outfitted with those bigger rounded adapters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167747 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:35:18 +0000 Anonymous 2167747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of my pants are hung full length. Sometimes I flip the bottom of the legs over the hanger in order to hang them in. Shorter area. Most of my jeans are rolled in a drawer or on a shelf under other items of that color. I like this method and hope someday to have all hung with clips. I need some new hangars. You are right. It is easier to find what you want. A very few are hung with or next to matching jackets. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167746 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:08:53 +0000 Anonymous 2167746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve never hung pants folded over a hanger as I couldn’t manage to keep a crease from forming at the fold . That said , I did have an aha moment when your wrote about the visual space vis a vis longer and “ bigger” blouses and jackets . You’re right . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-the-closet-nerds-hanging-pants-epiphany#post-2167742 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:55:22 +0000 unfrumped 2167742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been doing wardrobe editing and hope to post more about that soon.</p> <p>But, in the process&nbsp; I made a&nbsp;change in pants-hanging and clothes-rod usage. (Nerd alert).</p> <p>I've always hung up my pants, even jeans ( I hang almost everything), but for decades I hung them folded in half on those open-ended trouser hangers. Loved them. Collected ones that were most functional.<br />&nbsp;<br />They were easy for me to use but a key thing is they fit into my system of almost all&nbsp;<i><u>double closet rods</u> </i>(meaning upper and lower, not front to back). I wear mostly separates,&nbsp; so having double rods for almost every foot of rail space, except for out-of-season coats and just a few dresses, was not only sensible but it maximized my storage space. And more was always better.</p> <p>In addition. though those closet-candy pictures often show pants hanging on a bottom rail (bottoms on the bottom), I most always used the top rails because the pants had a lower profile and did not tend to block light as much or be "in your face" as do the shoulders and sleeves of jackets and blouses, in the spaces I have,</p> <p>Enter pandemic and the rise of loungewear and also more casual pants. Enter winter&nbsp; &nbsp;and running very cold so adding more fleece- lined indoor pants as well as lined hiking pants. And&nbsp; changing pants during day for outdoor vs indoor, or temp changes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>So beginning in the spring I started hanging my loungewear pants "capsule" lengthwise, by the waistband, in a small full-length section for&nbsp; --part of my pandemic coping and also convenient after a long day working in the yard.<br />Then more comfy everyday pants, and&nbsp;now in winter I have puffy fleecy pants.<br />I realized that most of the pants I wear now, including "real" pants and jeans, are a lot different from my big array of work trousers that hung so nicely folded..&nbsp;</p> <p>So this month during a big pants and trouser edit/culling session, I decided to bite the bullet and&nbsp; &nbsp;made a large convenient section of full-length hanging pants (&nbsp; using clamp hangers), including jeans and the dressier and "work trousers" I'm keeping.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, the fear of the unknown and losing part of my double-hanging crutch!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>So far I'm really liking it. The pants are easier to identify, and it is surprisingly easy to riffle through them or arrange a different lineup;&nbsp; &nbsp;the disparate fabrics all work with clamps.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />I think I might coming out even, because&nbsp; thicker pants take up more room when doubled on a hanger than did a lot of my work trousers. Plus I arranged a boot tray on the floor under, since now there's room for that. (I usually store all my shoes up higher where I can see them, but like to have rougher walking shoes and such down).&nbsp;<br />I did the same thing for summer pants in the spare closet, by making more "long hanging" room there also. I wanted to have the same system to make it easy to swap pants in and out with seasons, crazy weather events or to do outfit creation.ever</p> <p>I have been making some adjustments&nbsp; &nbsp;in where some other things go, and how to maximize lighting. <br />For the true closet nerd, you know there are "issues" with where things hang, how much they stick out, block light to lower rods;&nbsp; vying for what to put in the "the best part" of the closet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I've cleared a drawer for off-season storage of my heavy winter puffy pants--they do not need to take up hanging space all year. More editing is needed also. But we shall see. It is&nbsp; not a permanent structural change.&nbsp;</p> <p>Perhaps some of you are already using this system, or tried it and gave it up. Comments and experiences welcome!<i></i> </p>