Category: Daily Living
I'm trying to come up with a system for uniquely identifying clothes, especially dress shirts. Whatever I use needs to attach to the shirt, and must be small enough that it isn't removed and doesn't interfeer with dry cleaning. I've sene little aluminum tags with braille to identify colors, but unfortunately there aren't enough colors in the set to allow for what I'm trying to do. Does any company sell something like these tags but with two-digit braille numbers instead of colors?
The only thing I know of other than the Braille tags you mention are teh Match Maker pins which you remove and put back on, although I suppose you could keep them pinned somewhere on the shirt when wearing it if you wanted.
this takes more care, and is more complicated than it's worth to me, but I've heard of people using that pufff paint stuff that doesn't wash away on tags, and making their own code out of it.
Matchmaker pins are large enough that dry cleaners will remove them. I've tried that method. Thanks for the suggestion though.
How about then, those tactile different coloured buttons? At one time, mum had them sewn on to all the labels in all of my clothes I took away to School or College with me so I could identify them myself as I didn't have a colour probe at the time. (For example, you had a different shape for each colour, say, a red hexagon, blue square, green triangle, white circle, tan diamond, turquoise flower Etc Etc.) I'm not sure you can still get these, but I know mum still has some in her sewing box. Only drawback is, you wouldn't be able to use Braille labels or Tactimark paint on them as these buttons also have quite a significant dip in the middle of each one where it's sewn in to your clothes, so that wouldn't allow for Braille labels. Still, those buttons would be better than nothing for uniquely identifying your clothes, wouldn't they?
Jen.
Chris, just buy you a color identifier. smiles. i just got one and I love it. mine is the voice it all. it has a money identifier, voice recorder and color identifier.
nemoy had one, and I used it all the time. So Dan and I decided to buy one of our own. smiles
got ours from maxiades! a bit costly, but well worth it. i think anyway.
maxy aids are a shower of shit. Their customer service sucks, as does ILA's, and those colour identifiers are over-priced. Na, Jen's right, if you can get a hold of them, those different shaped buttons are the way to go. One guy you might talk to is Dale of Blind mice mart, see if he can help. www.blindmicemart.com. Better customer service, and some of the same stuff that ILA and maxy aids sells. Dunno if he does the buttons, but if not the RNIB of Peterbourgh in the UK does, and if you can't/dont' want to export them, (can be more expensive of course), talk to Dale and see what he can figure out. Other than that if you're really stuck give me a shout privately and I'll see what *I* can do.
I have a system that works for me, but others have said it is too complicated. I put Braille numbers on Teflon tape with a slate and stylus, then sew them into the tag of my shirts. Instead of sewing, you could always use a safety pin, and remove it while wearing the shirt. I also label my pants in the same way.
Since most shirts aren’t a single color, I keep a list on the computer with a more detailed description, rather than just saying blue or green.
I have a quick list when I’m not too concerned about the exact shirt I’m wearing. In this list, I would list something like the following: pants #1: matches shirts #6, #9 and #12.
Hi, for those looking to identify clothes. All the tips are great. I'm not totally blind, but here's some tips. Try aranging your closet by color. Start with white and then go through the colors of the rainbow. So, after whites/offwhite you could do red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and black/gray. I also arrange my closet by type of clothes. So, all my shirts/tops are placed together all my pants, skirts etc. Not only will this keep your closet more organized, but you'll soon learn the feel of your clothes. If you have two or more similar garments, try removing the tag on one to distinguish it from the other one. The buttons seem like a good idea, but you wouldn't necessarily need colored ones. Try matching different shapes/sizes of them. They're easy to sew on clothes, just place them in the back near the neckline where they won't be visible. You could even try arranging colors by light and dark for each shade. This works well too, as not all shades match. For those of you who wear lots of black/white/navy blue, don't be afraid of color. There's lots of great websites outthere that can help you find what colors work well together. Ladies, if you need more advice in this area, pleas write me.
Bw
Chris,
You can get those aluminum Braille tags with numbers. I have a set that goes from 1 to 25 that I use on t-shirts. I got them at ILA.
That teflon tape is the way to go. It won't melt in the dryer, can be easily sewn in, can be custom labled however you want it, and won't quickly wear out. I've used it, back when I gave a shit, and would use it again, if the need ever arose. It worked very well for me.
Quite a few years ago, one of my teachers from the school for the blind where I attended preschool dropped off something she thought would be of interest to me. I have not been able to find them since. They're these circle color tags. These two circles clamp together with the ticket for your clothes in between. One circle has a two-letter abbreviation for the color (And there were a lot of colors!). The other circle, which attaches to the color tag circle, had abbreviations for plain, striped, or printed. It was cool if your ticket held multiple tags. Because you could have a shirt in a specific color which had a design (or print) that was a different color or different-colored stripes. So, your shirt might match with your pants, but maybe the color of the print on the shirt brings out your shoes, hat, umbrella, etc. I don't know. Maybe these things aren't as important to men, but I liked knowing those things. It's a pity though. I don't know what the tags are called, and I wouldn't know where to find them.