CLEVE-IT vs Fashion Tape: Which Clothing Fix Lasts Longer?

Fashion tape holds fabric together with adhesive, while CLEVE-IT holds it together with a button pin mechanism. Tape can lift with sweat or movement. CLEVE-IT stays closed until you take it out.

How Each Works

Fashion tape is a double-sided adhesive strip pressed between two layers of fabric or fabric and skin. CLEVE-IT is a button pin that slides behind the fabric and closes with pressure, no adhesive involved.

Different Usecases

Fashion tape is generally suited to necklines, hemlines, and plunging cuts. CLEVE-IT is purpose-built for one job specifically, closing the gap between two buttons on a shirt or blouse.

Application

Tape needs a dry, clean surface and a few seconds of firm pressure to set properly. CLEVE-IT applies instantly, no surface prep required, and works just as well on a warm or slightly damp day.

Convenience

Fashion tape is generally single-use once applied and peeled away. CLEVE-IT is reusable across shirts, blouses, and repeated wears, with no adhesive residue left behind.

When CLEVE-IT May Be Preferable

For a button gap specifically, CLEVE-IT tends to hold better through the kind of movement that loosens tape, sitting, reaching, a full day at a desk. Fashion tape still has its place for necklines and areas away from buttons, where CLEVE-IT isn't designed to work.

FAQs

Does fashion tape work for a button gap?

It can, but it's designed more for necklines and hemlines. For a button gap specifically, a purpose-built button pin like CLEVE-IT tends to hold better through movement.

Is CLEVE-IT reusable like tape?

CLEVE-IT is reusable across many wears. Fashion tape is generally single-use once applied.

Skip the adhesive

Close your next button gap with a CLEVE-IT button pin instead.

Copyright 2024 Cleve-it™️ /All Rights Reserved / ©️The Hoeferle Group