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I have a hundred chokers for my fashion, and I cycle them every single day.

Currently, They are all stored in their original plastic sleeves.

This means my routine is as follows.

  • Pick up pile of sleeves
  • Select a choker by shuffling through the sleeves like they are cards.
  • unpack choker
  • place choker on for the day
  • remove choker
  • put choker back in sleeve
  • place sleeve back in pile

I find the task of sleeve management to be frustrating. And would rather have them all organized in such a way so that I may be able to view them, and choose them out as warranted.

What do you say is the best way to store them? (Product, Idea to make, anything)

Edit 1: A limitations I have is that I cannot install anything permanently to the apartment. πŸ˜–

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are the chokers somewhat adjustable to fit different size necks? Do you have any dislike or fear of giraffes? If yes and no, you might look into getting some giraffe dolls that are firm enough to basically wear and display the chokers and ease your selection.

You could even slightly decorate the giraffes to help in sorting them, supposing the wearing of chokers wasn't enough for your tastes.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

Oo, This is smart! They'd also fit into my plushie collection!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can see a dragon also fitting the requirement for people that suffer from giraffophobia.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, and the toys sold at bad-dragon.com are plenty firm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I love the idea of storing them on giant dildos.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Do you have any dislike or fear of giraffes? If yes and no, you might look into getting some giraffe...

Okay, I'm interested...

...dolls

Oh.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Step One: acquire one-hundred human necks using hatchet and/or hacksaw

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Your username does match.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe something like this?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooo, This is super effective! I'll see the costs and more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If you're a sewer, you can probably convert some fabric and a cloths hanger into something similar.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Sadly I max out emotionally at two girlfriends, three if I have the extra energy.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

3d print a mannequin with a reeeaaallly long neck

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sadly no 3D printer in possession

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As I have sworn to upholed the constitution of the USA & NYS, I am unable to partake in illegal activities such as owning a giraffe.

Someone else has already commented about giraffe plushies though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Can we see some of the collection please?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you need something like a motorized tie rack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I like that idea!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm sick right now and I read this as I have 100 chickens how do I store them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought it said chonkers and I thought they were asking some theoretical intellectual question about 100 obese cats

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hopefully you feel better soon!


Personally the best way to store 100 chickens is to let them be free in a field!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You could hammer 100 little tack/nails into a board and hang them vertically. They'd be a lot longer vertically then they are wide, so you could do like 25 across x 4 down. You could maybe even still keep the plastic sleeves on them.

Or find a big donut shaped pillow, with the same diameter as a neck, and put all them on it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The handy-person answer.

Assuming that my chokers are maybe 30 cm long with the chain, 2 cm spacing per choker, 25 chokers per row, 2 cm gap between choker vertical space.

Dimensions would be 126 cm tall and 50 cm wide.

Manageable, would need to find a place for it.


Plushies are being considered!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I'd suggest the back of a closet door or similar!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is essentially my idea as well. Hang em by the clasps. Even without permanently affixing something, a few quick-assembled rods with hooks, held in place with a suitable amount of command strips or similar no-damage hanger.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pro tip: don’t hang stuff by the clasp. The weight can stretch them out if they are made of junk metal (most are).

Instead, hang them by the ring/chain the clasp clasps onto. You can use upside down earring hooks to string them up if you have a pack of spare, otherwise small head finish nails can usually accommodate the chains.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Sounds like you'd benefit from one of those large keyrings.

They open up at a single point, so in the morning you can see which one you want, move the entire circle of chokers around so that one is next to the opening, open it up, and grab the choker.

Also, no installation to the walls.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A rod of some kind - like a shower rod - that you can hang them all over and easily peruse them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooo, I wonder if something like a ring holder exists to use.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Go to the hardware store and get some pex tubing, and a shark bite union fitting.

Cut the tubing to the size you want, use the fitting to close the loop. The fitting can be removed by pressing on the ring around where the tubing goes in. They're may be a tool that will make this easier.

So you can put all your chokers on the ring, then rotate the one you want to the opening

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Get 101 dalmatians? You mean dog collars right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Sadly Cruella de Vil is my landlord and has, some obsession with spots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Paper chains around the room!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A big PVC pipe? So they are all in one location

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would have to find one that fits my neck, and also then figure out how to prevent them from sliding.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

pipes come in many sizes! cardboard tubes as well

You could use rough sand paper on the pipe to make it grippy, or add antislip tape to it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Couple of screws on either side for the sliding problem. Bedazzling to make it fun.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If they can be attached to each other end to end you can spool them around a stick loosely and remove from one end and add to the other, like a 100 element FIFO buffer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I like this thinking, but it falls into the trap that I then would have a very tricky time getting an element in the middle of the buffer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can get hangers for the closet that hang down. Either with pockets or bars or maybe even hooks. Just have to hang the thing in the closet.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

You could get one of those drying rack things with all the hooks/clips, put them all on that, then spin it and grab one at random

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'd rig up some kind of hanging solution. Hang them from the clasps in a row on like, the back of a closet door or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about taking numbered pictures of them and categorizing them like in a library?

So you can browse the photos and find them based on what sleeve number you've assigned it to.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Drawers with dividers. Like people use for jewelry. People also use them for things like watches, pens, knives, etc, anything collectible and around the same size. So there are differently-shaped options. They come in every material you might want - plastic, coated cardboard, wood, steel. The main advantage of using a box or sealing drawers is that they won't get dusty over time.

Here's one made of acrylic that could hold most of them, assuming they are very flexible: https://www.amazon.com/Watpot-Acrylic-Jewelry-Drawers-Organizer/dp/B09WMCPJT3/

If they aren't very flexible then look for something like a bangle organizer: https://www.amazon.com/Glenor-Co-Bracelet-Jewelry-Removable/dp/B07Q32R79N

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Get some cheap carabiners and use one for each style/color/whatever.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But 100 clothespins. Glue them to the back of your closet door.

Edit: example

clothespins holder

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