Dual-clamping-mode clip for articles of clothing and other items

A clip for clamping together a stack of multiple layers, the stack having a thickness and the clip comprising:

• a body generally having a U shape and that includes:
• first and second elongate jaws forming legs of the U-shape, each of the first and second elongate jaws having:
• first and second lateral sides;
• a confronting face extending from the first lateral side to the second lateral side, wherein the confronting faces confront one another when the stack is not present;
• and
• a clamping region, wherein the clamping regions of the corresponding respective first and second elongate jaws are designed and configured to simultaneously contact corresponding opposing outer faces of the multiple layers so as to clamp the multiple layers together, each clamping region having a clamping surface on at least a portion of the confronting face and extending onto one, the other, or both, of the first and second lateral sides;
• and
• a crotch portion joining together the first and second elongate jaws and located distal from the clamping regions of the first and second elongate jaws so as to form a base of the U shape;
• wherein the body is designed and configured to accommodate differing stack thicknesses by:
• when the thickness of the stack is below a threshold thickness and the stack is clamped in the clamping regions of the first and second elongate jaws, the first and second elongate jaws holding the stack by a pinching action that the clip applies in a pinching-action direction;
• and
• when the thickness of the stack is above the threshold thickness and the stack is clamped in the clamping regions of the first and second jaws, the first and second elongate jaws deflecting by a scissor action in a scissor-action direction different from the pinching-action direction.