CLEVEIT vs Fashion Tape: Which Clothing Fix Lasts Longer?
Fashion tape holds fabric together with adhesive, while CLEVEIT holds it together with a button pin mechanism. Tape can lift with sweat or movement. CLEVEIT 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. CLEVEIT 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. CLEVEIT 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. CLEVEIT 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. CLEVEIT is reusable across shirts, blouses, and repeated wears, with no adhesive residue left behind.
When CLEVEIT May Be Preferable
For a button gap specifically, CLEVEIT 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 CLEVEIT 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 CLEVEIT reusable like tape?
CLEVEIT is reusable across many wears. Fashion tape is generally single-use once applied.
Skip the adhesive
Close your next button gap with a CLEVEIT button pin instead.
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