We’ve featured quite a bit of optimal and sustainable clothing over the years, but what about those devices you use to hang up your clothing? We mentioned the bioplastic hangers, available from Earthsaver. Now, the Great American Hanger Company has launched a new line of bamboo hangers, and these hangers really show off the beauty of bamboo (see the close-up of one the hangers below). It’s almost a shame to hide these hangers away in your closet.
Bamboo is a renewable resource, and it is certainly an improvement over hardwood sourced from forests that are not sustainably managed. However, to be optimal, we’d like to see bamboo grown polycultures in the U.S., rather than imported from China.
The hardwood hangers that Great American Hanger Company sells are made with wood from tree farms and not from wild forests.
Link: Hangers.Com
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I absolutely love these hangers!!! They are beautifully crafted and have a wonderful color, one of my favorites.
These hangers are really cool and they’re thin too. I got a full set from my mother for Christmas with my initials on them. I’m getting them for all my friends (well, the close ones at least). I also went on their website and got a bunch of neat kids hangers for my 3 year old. Check them out at http://www.hangers.com/childrens_hangers/96/wooden_decorative/
They are very lightweight and sturdy. Gorgeous.
These bamboo hangers are absolutely beautiful. The quality and simple elegance they exude give class and style to your closet not to mention your wardrobe display. And it is all natural! What more could you ask for. A great gift idea for family, friends and associates.
I really like these hangers. I’m an interior designer and I recently bought some of those corn hangers for a client because he wanted everything “green”. It didn’t work out. The corn ones had only one style. These bamboo hangers make it easy to style your whole wardrobe, pants, suits, coats … the works. I only wish they had them in the kids size.
Out of curiosity. Ally, what color did you get your initials printed on the hangers? It seems whatever color you choose it would look weird on top of the bamboo.
Nikolai. My initials were written in black and they actually do look amazing. But my mom got white wavy hangers (from the same company) with silver monogram that were incredible!! They have a lot of different styles and colors. Here’s the link http://www.hangers.com/monogram_hangers/