Garment stretcher

A garment stretcher adapted for distending a localized region of a garment such as a waistband dimension comprising a barrel member having two ends and defining a longitudinal axis, said barrel member being removably insertable within the garment, a first rod member including a proximal end threadably engageable with one end of said barrel member, and a second rod member including a second proximal end threadably engageable with the other end of said barrel member, pad means for engaging the garment, said pad means being mounted at a distal end of each of said rod members, said pad means further having a width dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis, said width dimension being greater than the transverse width dimension of the barrel member for spacing the garment transversely from the barrel member so as to provide access for hand engagement of the barrel member, said pad means being rotatable about the longitudinal axis for engaged alignment with the localized region of the garment, rotational means for generating a distention force along the longitudinal axis of the barrel member, whereby said pad means are extendably displaceable from the respective ends of the barrel member to stretch the garment.