Clothes hanger and method for the manufacture thereof

A hanger of a single length of wire formed to expand and grip the waistband of a garment comprising, in combination, a 180.degree. bend in the center of said length of wire forming parallel lengths of wire adjacent to said 180.degree. bend, a hook to secure said hanger to a rack pole formed from said parallel lengths of wire adjacent to said 180.degree. bend, two legs of said wire having lower ends extending downward from said hook and diverging from each other, an upward and inward facing guide loop at the lower end of each of said legs, arms of said wire extending horizontally from said guide loops, each of said arms being slidably supported by the guide loop from which the other of said arms extends, outer ends of said arms being bent upwards to engage the waistband of a garment, said guide loops contacting each other to serve as stops limiting the outward extension of said outer ends of said arms, bars of said wire extending inwards from said upward bent outer ends of said arms, and bar securing hooks at the ends of said bars, said bars overlapping each other, said bar securing hooks of each bar slidably engaging the other of said bars, said bars telescoping as said ends of said bars are compressed, compression of said outer ends of said arms flexing said legs so that said legs urge said arms outward to engage the outer ends of said arms with the waistband of a garment to support it.