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You know when a new coat has a stitch on the back?

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PopadomPointer · 27/11/2019 09:30

Are you supposed to cut it?

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Peony99 · 27/11/2019 09:33

YES!

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happysunr1se · 27/11/2019 09:33

Yes, you are also supposed to unpick any stitched up pockets.

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AntennaReborn · 27/11/2019 09:34

Yes

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Sparklyring · 27/11/2019 09:34

Yes

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Magpiefeather · 27/11/2019 09:34

Yes otherwise when you sit down the vent won’t be able to open and the coat won’t be able to “spread”. They only put the stitch in to keep the line of the coat or jacket when it’s hanging in the shop.

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MojitoMojitoo · 27/11/2019 09:35

This drives me crazy!

I see so many people with the stitch in still and I'm tempted to karate chop it out for them but not sure how well that would go down?

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PopadomPointer · 27/11/2019 09:51

Ah thankyou all!!

I thought it needed cutting but just wanted to double checkWink

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Mammyloveswine · 27/11/2019 09:52

I did not know this Blush

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DCOkeford · 27/11/2019 10:11

Agree it needs removing.

See also men who don't remove the maker's label that is usually tacked to the wrist of a suit jacket.

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EskewedBeef · 27/11/2019 10:13

Also the tag on some handbags that says 'REAL LEATHER'. We know.

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TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 27/11/2019 10:13

YES - this is my pet peeve and I am tempted to start accosting random strangers and telling them to sort their coats out!

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bleughhh · 27/11/2019 10:24

OMG yes. I so want to tell people on the tube... (I don't, obvs.)

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MollyHuaCha · 27/11/2019 10:26

What about people who keep the plastic covers on new car seats...?

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Girlwhowearsglasses · 27/11/2019 10:27

I am so desperate to tell people this. Young men with a new jacket, women on their way to (interview? New job?) with a new coat or a pencil skirt with the stitch still there.

Most pencil skirts with a vent in the back will have this basting stitch too. Please remove!

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AntennaReborn · 27/11/2019 10:30

Also, the fabric loops inside some dresses or tops. They are only there to help the clothes stay on the hangers in the shop, if you don't cut them out they will forever stick out of the arm holes

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ColdCottage · 27/11/2019 10:31

I have been known to quietly tell people on the tube that they have "forgotten" to unpick it.

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thenightsky · 27/11/2019 10:33

I often leave my pockets stitched up if they are the flat ones in the sides of lightweight smart trousers because they stop lying flat and neat after a while.

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ColdCottage · 27/11/2019 10:41

@thenightsky yes pockets as it stops you putting stuff in them and ruining the line plus people can't see this but not the back of coats or skirts.

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DCOkeford · 27/11/2019 10:56

Also, the fabric loops inside some dresses or tops. They are only there to help the clothes stay on the hangers in the shop

They also help them to stay on the hangers at home!

(although I've recently switched to velvet hangers - game changing)

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