Method of maintaining an article of clothing in a folded condition and plastic fastener well-suited for use in said method

A plastic fastener well-suited for maintaining a dress shirt in a folded condition, said plastic fastener comprising:

• (a) a flexible filament, said flexible filament having a first end and a second and, said flexible filament having a tensile strength of about 2-4 lbs. and a length of about 3-8 mm;
• (b) an inserting element disposed at said first end, said inserting element being dimensioned to permit its insertion through a folded dress shirt, and once inserted therethrough, to be retained by said folded dress shirt;
• and
• (c) a retaining element disposed at said second end, said retaining element being dimensioned to prevent said flexible filament from being pulled completely through the folded dress shirt.

A method of maintaining an article of clothing in a folded condition, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a plastic fastener, said plastic fastener comprising
• (i) a flexible filament, said flexible filament having a first end and a second end,
• (ii) a first cross-bar disposed at said first end, and
• (iii) a second cross-bar disposed at said second end;
• (b) folding the article of clothing;
• and
• (c) inserting the first cross-bar of said plastic fastener into and completely through the folded article at an appropriate pair of locations therein, with said second cross-bar not being inserted into the article.

A method of maintaining an article of clothing in a folded condition, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a plastic fastener, said plastic fastener comprising
• (i) a flexible filament, said flexible filament having a first end and a second end,
• (ii) an inserting element disposed at said first end, said inserting element being dimensioned to enable its insertion through the article of clothing and once inserted therethrough to be retained by the article of clothing, and
• (iii) a retaining element disposed at said second end, said retaining element being dimensioned to prevent said flexible filament from being pulled completely through the article of clothing;
• (b) folding the article of clothing;
• and
• (c) inserting said inserting element of said plastic fastener into and completely through the folded article at an appropriate pair of locations therein, with said retaining element not being inserted into the article.