Device for custom sizing articles of clothing and a method of using the same in a fashionable manner

Abstract

An apparel altering device and a method of using the same is provided. The apparel altering device has a spacer spacing apart a first and second portions. A user interested in altering an article of clothing, may gather or bunch excess material thereof to form a sack, which communicates via an opening to the remaining portion of the material. Before or after the user urges the second portion into the cavity portion defined by the formed sack, an elastic band can choke a neck portion of the sack against the spacer, whereby the article of clothing is taken in or otherwise altered, while the second portion protrudes outside the sack in a manner akin to a fashion accessory.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparel altering device, comprising:
 a first portion, the first portion dimensioned to be a shape and a size of a conventional button;   a second portion; and   a spacer spacing apart the first and second portions.   
     
     
         2 . The apparel altering device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a post transversely extending from the first portion or the second portion; and   a lumen provided by the spacer, wherein the post is received in the lumen.   
     
     
         3 . The apparel altering device of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an elastic cord extending through the lumen and between the first and second portion for urging the first and second portions together to sandwich the spacer.   
     
     
         4 . The apparel altering device of  claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the first portion is two to four times that of a diameter of the spacer. 
     
     
         5 . The apparel altering device of  claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the first portion is between one half and three inches. 
     
     
         6 . The apparel altering device of  claim 1 , further comprising a non-slip material disposed along an outer surface of the second portion. 
     
     
         7 . An apparel altering device, comprising:
 a first portion, the first portion dimensioned to be a shape and a size of a conventional button, wherein a first diameter of the first portion is between one half and three inches;   a second portion;   a spacer spacing apart the first and second portions, wherein said first diameter is two to four times that of a diameter of the spacer; and   a non-slip material disposed along an outer surface of the second portion.   
     
     
         8 . A method of temporarily altering an article of clothing, comprising the steps of:
 providing the apparel altering device of  claim 1 ;   forming a sack from an excess portion of a material of the article of clothing;   the sack defining a cavity and a neck portion, the neck portion interconnecting the cavity to an opening communicating to a remaining portion of said material;   urging the second portion into the cavity; and   wrapping an elastic band about the neck portion for urging the neck portion against the spacer.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first portion protrudes through the opening. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the spacer and the second portion are not visible through the opening. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising the step of flipping the article of clothing inside out prior to forming the sack. 
     
     
         12 . A method of temporarily altering an article of clothing, comprising the steps of:
 providing the apparel altering device of  claim 7 ;   forming a sack from an excess portion of a material of the article of clothing;   the sack defining a cavity and a neck portion, the neck portion interconnecting the cavity to an opening communicating to a remaining portion of said material;   urging the second portion into the cavity; and   wrapping an elastic band about the neck portion for urging the neck portion against the spacer, wherein the first portion protrudes through the opening, and wherein the spacer and the second portion are not visible through the opening.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the step of flipping the article of clothing inside out prior to forming the sack.