I invested in wood hangers a few years ago. I loved the custom look in my huge closet, but now I have a tiny closet and hated how much room they took up. Plus, some clothes don’t work well on them. Plastic hangers are cheap but, velvet hangers seem to be all-the-rage, so I decided to replace my clunky space-hogging wooden ones with velvet ones (Who wouldn’t like the sound of that?…V E L V E T) in my ridiculously small closet. I ended up not liking the dark blue velvet hangers I first found at a local place (made closet seem smaller). Then found these on Amazon. The fact that I could hang sweaters with no shoulder bump drew me to these hangers, but equally important was the bottom bar for hanging pants, not as wide as you see on a traditional-shaped hanger, but wide enough, and less chance for pants to hang off center making the hanger tip on the clothes bar. Plus, I now have the smallest closet EVER, and too many clothes (I admit), and must use every single inch to the utmost in this space. I LOVE THESE HANGERS! Here are the pros and cons as I see them:CONS first, as there aren’t many.1 As I said, don’t buy a dark color as they will show dust and in my opinion, the dark color makes a small closet look smaller. As soon as I transferred from wood to dark blue, I nixed that choice.2 You can’t slide things off the hanger if you leave the hanger in place. I’m guilty of doing this, and first time I tried to one-handedly slide a pair of capris off a velvet hanger, the hanger broke. They “grab” and keep clothes from sliding off. And they win every time. I’m no longer guilty of this one-handed approach to pulling something off a hanger in a hurry.I do remove the hanger, take what’s on it off, and hang this empty hanger in a spot I’ve designated for empties. No more searching for a free hanger hidden on the clothes bar. Oh wait… this con actually becomes two pros! Which brings me to the …PROS:1. These hangers grab and hold onto your clothes. No more clothes falling off the hanger. Velvet hangers even keep tank tops and spaghetti straps in place. Pants can be hung over the bar with the bottom of pants leg even with the waistband and they won’t budge and slip off onto the floor!2 Because of how you can now hang your pants as described above, you actually pick up 2-3 inches of space under your hanging pants. This is great in my small closet because I have shoe shelves on the floor that I can now see and get to easier. (See pictures of how much more space I gained below my hanging pants… traditional style velvet hangers vs. these)3 Again, the bottom bar for hanging pants is not as wide as you see on a traditional shaped hanger, but wide enough, and that’s a plus, because there’s less chance for pants to hang off center making the hanger tip on the clothes bar. Lopperjawed hangers in your closet look messy. I don’t like messy.3 Hanging tops on these hangers has also gained me space below, because the shape of the rounded hanger has the clothing hanging closer to the closet bar, which means more space below. (See picture.) Yay!4 Versus wood hangers, I can pack more into my small closet. I even think you pick up some “packing space” vs plastic tube hangers.5 Even scarves stay put when hung over the bottom bar.6 Work great for sweaters, which as promised do not pick up the shoulder bump because of the rounded shape. Plus if desired, fold a sweater over the bottom bar and it will stay in place. (Turtlenecks store best this way in my opinion.)7. They give your closet more of a high end look. I’m all for that. We all deserve a little luxury. ?8 At about $0.50 each they are reasonably priced. Unless you have trouble purging your closet. Sigh.And9 Because I am now storing empty hangers together when I wear something, I feel so ORGANIZED! Pat myself on the back (and no broken hangers trying to do the one-handed shortcut that backfires)!And because if you have 9 pros, might as well round it off with an even 10:10 Once you redo a closet with these superior velvet hangers, you will be motivated to move on to another closet. In my case, I’m on a roll: The winter-clothes-closet in the spare bedroom! Sweaters, dresses, and all the things that wouldn’t fit in my dinky master bedroom closet!