# DIY Credit Crunch Tailoring The Waistband Stretcher By Elsa Blaine | Published 2008-12-01 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/credit-crunch-diy-tailoring-waistband-stretcher References: [gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5100071/waistband-stretcher-only-delays-the-inevitable-mumu-purchase-in-your-future) & [skymall](http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=69660335&pnr=W22&cm_mmc=ls-_-affiliate-_-Catalog-_-69660335&pnr=W22&siteID=zgmC70XXLTQ-eGuFEcLdfrgejpeR0Zvv1Q) After that huge Thanksgiving dinner, you may not be able to squeeze yourself into those new snug jeans. Taking your pants to the tailor for alterations can be a big expense. Here comes the Waistband Stretcher to the rescue. Simply dampen the waistband of your pants, fasten the $30 contraption inside and crank the handle to increase their size. The manufacturer says up to 5” of additional belly space is obtainable, so have a little fun, save money and stretch your whole wardrobe. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.2/10 - Popularity: 8% | Activity: 49% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **DIY Tailoring:** The Waistband Stretcher offers a solution for consumers to easily alter their own clothes, disrupting traditional tailoring services. - **Cost-saving Alternatives:** The Waistband Stretcher provides a more affordable option for consumers to resize their clothes, disrupting the expensive alteration market. - **Personalized Wardrobe:** The Waistband Stretcher allows consumers to customize the fit of their clothes, disrupting the standard sizes and mass production in the clothing industry. ### Who This Affects Most - **Tailoring Services:** The Waistband Stretcher presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for tailoring businesses to incorporate DIY tailoring tools and services. - **Clothing Alteration:** The Waistband Stretcher presents an opportunity for the clothing alteration industry to offer alternative, cost-effective solutions for consumers. - **Fashion Retail:** The Waistband Stretcher opens new possibilities for fashion retailers to offer customizable clothing options, disrupting the traditional one-size-fits-all approach. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Stuffing Thanksgiving Pants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stuffing-thanksgiving-pants.md) - [Holiday Hosting Pants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thanksgiving-hosting-pants.md) - [eCommerce Fashion Sizing Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stailor.md) - [Charitable Feasting Trousers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/irn-bru.md) - [Tax Season Jeans](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/refund-jeans.md) - [Expanding Garment Hangers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flip-hanger.md) - [Cheeky Golf Pants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cheater-pants.md) - [Storage-Conscious Clothing Hangers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/coat-hingers.md) - [Customizable Shapewear Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knix-shapewear-collection.md)