It all started with a WWI Uniform.

Then another. And another.

Lindsey Smith has worked "behind-the-scenes" at dozens of museums, working with and assessing thousands of museum artifacts. Over the years she discovered that many garments - including antique WWI uniforms - were hung on ill-fitting, wire hangers. Thin hangers can damage clothing, but there were no well-designed, museum-quality, padded hangers on the market.

So, Lindsey developed own line of museum-quality padded hangers - and the rest is history. Today, Hangerbee products are found across the United States and the world.

National Air and Space Museum | Christie's | Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas | Gerald Ford Presidential Museum | The Wardrobe | National WWII Museum | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | UOVO Fashion | San Diego Air & Space Museum | Rhode Island School of Design | Peabody Essex Museum | Savannah College of Design | Lauren Manoogian | Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre | Texas Tech Museum | Spurlock Museum | Cranbrook Center | The Henry Ford | Gregg Museum of Art & Design | George C. Marshall’s Dodona Manor | Pioneer Air Museum | Hearst Center for the Arts | Wood County Museum | Butterworth Center | and dozens more

Watch Good Morning America's coverage of the André Leon Talley exhibition at Christie's (featuring many Hangerbee hangers.)

Vogue’s list of Vintage Garment Care Essentials includes Hangerbee, which they call “THE Padded Hanger.”