Slipcovers with improved material gathering

A furniture slipcover comprising:

• a slipcover body adapted to cover at least some surfaces of a piece of furniture that has a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side, each side having a longitudinal length, the slipcover body adapted to have a circumferential size that is larger than a combined length of the sides of the piece of furniture;
• a first band strip fixedly attached at a first end to the slipcover body and including a fastening member at a second end, the fastening member of the band strip being operative to releasably directly engage, gather and hold a bunched portion of the slipcover body to impart a fitted appearance to the slipcover, and said fastening member being formed as a suspender clip which clip includes a clipping portion which clipping portion is operable to grasp, pull and hold the bunched portion of the slipcover body toward the slipcover body attached to the first end of the band strip, and
• wherein the first band strip is adapted to extend in a substantially horizontal direction and to be free of substantial dangling, when the fastening member is releasably holding the bunched portion.