Let’s start with the loop on the back of men’s (and some women’s) shirts- they’re called locker loops, and they’re thought to have originated with sailors, who would “hang their shirts on ship hooks while changing”.
Nowadays they’re rarely used for their intended purpose since we use hangers more than hooks, and some school kids even cut them off as a “fashion statement”.
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