CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/293,256, filed December 23, 2021, and titled: Scarf Barrettes.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[002] This invention generally relates to clothing and clothing accessories, and more particularly, to a tool that can be used to enhance the fashion of the user, and preferably the tool having a dual purpose as a fashion tool and accessory to provide a user with even more fashionable clothing options.

BACKGROUND

[003] Scarves are a fashion accessory that add color, texture, pattern, etc. to an outfit. They can be found in any price range and fit into virtually anyone's budget. One can own fewer shirts and make up for the lost diversity in shirts with a greater diversity of scarves. For example, the same basic black shirt could be worn every day, but made less noticeable by accessorizing it with a different scarf each time. A wardrobe with few shirts and more scarves is appealing to some people who have a hard time finding shirts that fit them properly, they can afford, and suit their stylistic preferences. Scarves are an appealing option because they are one size fits all, can be inexpensive, and are available in many fabrics, colors, patterns, etc.

[004] Scarves are similar to collars in that they can be an effective tool not only for enhancing an outfit, but also for framing the face, neck, and shoulder area. Collars come in many shapes and sizes designed to enhance this area as well as to detract from or offset perceived imperfections within. For example, wide-neck collars, such as portrait collars, help frame the face. Similarly, a scarf displayed between the neck and shoulders is an effective way to frame the face. Not only do wide-neck collars and displayed scarves help frame the face, they also break up the distance between the neck and shoulders. Many people with broad shoulders, females in particular, prefer wide- neck and/or large collars because they lessen the appearance of broadness. Glamour.com recommends that women with broad shoulders wear scoop neck and V- neck tops to break up the expanse of the chest area. Similarly, a scarf spaced out between the neck and shoulders is an effective way to obscure broad shoulders.

[005] While there are many intangible benefits that scarves offer, the more practical matter of wearing them comes with several real or perceived downsides. Most manufactured scarves are rectangular pieces of fabric with no shaping or articulation, which many people find difficult to style. Celebrities, including Al Pacino and Ivanka Trump, have been roasted in the media for their choice of scarf and/or how they wore it.

[006] Knotting a scarf around the neck is a classic way to wear a scarf and effective at keeping the scarf stationary. Airline attendants often wear scarves this way, either as part of their uniform choice or because it is required by company policy. Many, if not all airline industry policies require that if a scarf is worn, it must be knotted around the attendant's neck. If optional, some flight attendants choose not to wear a scarf ever because they do not like how a scarf knotted around their neck makes them feel, either physically or mentally. Flight attendants and many other people get too hot from the fabric knotted around their neck and/or feel uncomfortable from the sensation of fabric pressed against their neck. Some people feel like a groomed dog or on a leash. Many people would like to wear scarves, or wear them more often, but just do not because they don't know how to style a scarf by any other means than knotting it around their neck.

[007] A scarf worn naturally, by itself and without the use of any knotting techniques or hardware, hangs bunched around and limp from the neck. When worn draped around the back of the neck, a scarf rests primarily on top of the upper trapezius muscles closest to the neck and on top of the seventh vertebrae of the cervical spine (C7 vertebrae). The C7 vertebrae is the largest and usually most prominent vertebrae in the neck. The portion of the cervical spine above the C7 vertebrae has a forward curvature, or backward "C" shape, an area within which a scarf will settle. When worn draped around the front of the neck, a scarf rests on top of the upper trapezius muscles closest to the neck and on top of where the clavicles meet the sternum.

[008] Draping a scarf further away from the neck, closer to the shoulders or spread out in between the neck and shoulders, may work temporarily, but the scarf will more often than not still end up bunched around the neck or falling off the shoulders. When a scarf is draped around the back of the neck, natural and common body movement throughout the day such as leaning forward or bending over, combined with the forward curvature of the cervical spine, causes the scarf to bunch above the C7 vertebrae. When a scarf is draped around the front of the neck, leaning forward or bending over may cause the scarf to fall off. A scarf may also fall off when taking off an overcoat or when a scarf is worn too close to the shoulders.

[009] An additional downside to wearing a scarf draped around the body is that, in some people's estimation, it looks unstructured and without purpose. Many people choose to wear fitted clothing because it helps them look purposeful, thoughtful, and professional. Fitted clothing has edges and seams that help delineate desirable features and/or obscure undesirable features. A scarf hanging draped from the neck or shoulder area appears to some people to lack polish. While a scarf can be folded into a quasicollar on its own, it will not have a well-defined edge and will also gap where it is draped.

[010] There are numerous knotting techniques and buckles, clips, rings, pins, etc. on the market designed to hold a scarf together and/or to an outfit, however, the knotting techniques and hardware will only secure a scarf to where the knot or hardware is placed, with no additional spreading, trimming, or smoothing effect. Pins, or hardware with pins incorporated, puts holes in fabric, sometimes permanently, depending on the material and/or weave of the fabric. It can also be considered too time-consuming and tricky to apply pins evenly on both sides of the neck. If attempting to apply pins while wearing the shirt to which the scarf will be attached, the person may accidentally poke themselves. Also, pins must be applied to the visible part of a scarf. While a scarf can be folded over the pin, it may not stay that way throughout the day due to typical body motion and putting on/taking off an overcoat.

[Oil] Existing devices include moldable wires built into a scarf in order to shape it, a fabric collar sewn into a scarf, a harness for draping a scarf out along the front of the body, devices with pins, devices with scarves incorporated, and devices to be attached to shirts to accommodate scarves. The problem with pins has been previously discussed. Some of the existing devices limit a user to the scarf to which the devices or collar are attached. Other devices that are required to be permanently attached to a user's shirt limit the user to the shirt or shirts to which the devices are attached.

[012] Thus, there is a need to address one or more of the deficiencies in the art to better aid in achieving more desirable outcomes and avoiding negative ones, with a tool like mine, especially when used to be a fashion tool and a fashion accessory, and preferably in a way that is more consistent and reliable for such a tool, especially with also a fashion accessory.

SUMMARY

[013] My fashion tool and accessory was created to assist in the wearing of scarves as ornamentation, potentially making them easier to wear and aesthetically more effective by giving the user greater control over where the scarf is worn and how it is displayed. My invention, can, as desired, keep the scarf away from the neck and displayed within the upper back or upper chest areas. As magnets are incorporated, it can also be used to secure a scarf to a shirt or other similar garment to prevent shifting and falling off the user over time. [014] To address one or more deficiencies in the art and/or to better achieve the desirable requirements for using a fashion article like a scarf, there is provided a fashion tool and accessory. The tool includes a base having a width, a length and a thickness. The tool also includes a frame defining a circumference of the base and including the thickness. A first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The first peninsula is joined at a first base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the first peninsula to form a first gap in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula. A second peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The second peninsula is joined at a second base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the second peninsula to form a second gap in the thickness along the length of the second peninsula. The first peninsula and the second peninsula are extending toward each other and joined with each other to form a common peninsula between the first base end and the second base end. A first magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the first peninsula and a second magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the second peninsula with a magnetic bar removably securable to and between the first magnet and the second magnet.

[015] In other aspects, there is provided a fashion tool and accessory. The tool includes a base having a width, a length and a thickness. The tool also includes a frame defining a circumference of the base and including the thickness. A first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The first peninsula is joined at a first base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the first peninsula to form a first gap in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula. A second peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The second peninsula is joined at a second base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the second peninsula to form a second gap in the thickness along the length of the second peninsula. The first peninsula and the second peninsula extend toward each other and are separated from each other by a peninsula gap in the thickness at opposing floating distal ends of each of the first peninsula and the second peninsula. A first magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the first peninsula and a second magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the second peninsula with a magnetic bar removably securable to and between the first magnet and the second magnet.

[016] In yet other aspects, there is disclosed a method for using a fashion tool and accessory to temporarily secure a fashion article to a garment. The method includes providing a frame defining a circumference of a base and including a thickness. The method also includes distorting a first distal end of a first peninsula to an extended position located (i) below a bottom surface of the frame or (ii) above a top surface of the frame, and where the first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame and joined at a first base end to the frame. There is the step moving the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into a space formed between the frame and a length of the first peninsula. And, a step of stopping the distorting of the first distal end of the first peninsula to allow the first distal end to return to a relaxed position and thereby temporarily securing the fashion article with the frame. And another step is locating and temporarily securing the frame on an outside surface of the garment.

[017] Other aspects of the disclosure are directed to configurations and features for the configurations and characteristics of the peninsulas, aspects of the base, features of the spacing and gap formed thereby, and all this in combination with a fashion article and a user's garment.

[018] As used herein, the term "join" and formatives thereof means next to or secured with the stated structure or object and there may be intervening material between the referenced structures or objects as long as it does not significantly negate the stated relationship of the referenced structures or objects. As used herein, the term "secure" and formatives thereof as applied to the materials or components of the present invention is defined as affixing of the subject material or component with another material or component in the stated manner and/or for the period of time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[019] The invention may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description of various features of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[020] Figure 1 is a perspective view of my innovative fashion tool and accessory;

[021] Figure 2 is a front edge view and showing the length of that seen in FIG. 1, and where the back edge view is a mirror image thereof;

[022] Figure 3 is a right edge view and showing the width of that seen in FIG. 1, and where the left edge view is a mirror image thereof;

[023] Figure 4 is a bottom view of that in FIG. 1;

[024] Figure 5 is a bottom view of that in FIG. 4, but now with the magnetic bar removed from the first and second magnets;

[025] Figure 6 is a front edge view similar to that in FIG. 2, and here without the magnetic bar and showing the flexible resilient characteristic of the first peninsula flexing upwardly;

[026] Figure 7 is the same front edge view of that in FIG. 6, but showing the flexible resilient characteristic of the first peninsula flexing downwardly;

[027] Figure 8 is a top view of an alternate configuration for my innovative fashion tool and accessory;

[028] Figure 9 is an end view of my innovative fashion tool and cross-sectional view of a garment with the tool secured to the garment by the magnetic bar trapping the garment between the bottom surface of the magnets secured to the bottom surfaces of the peninsulas and the top surface of the magnetic bar;

[029] Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of the tool with a fashion article threaded through the gaps between the peninsulas and the frame to locate the fashion article therewith;

[030] Figure 11 is a front perspective view of a fashion article secured to an outside surface of the garment on a user by my innovative fashion tool and accessory;

[031] Figure 12 is side perspective view of that seen in FIG. 11; [032] Figure 13 is a back perspective view of an alternate fashion article secured to an outside surface of the garment on a user by my innovative fashion tool and accessory;

[033] Figure 14 is a top view of an alternate configuration for my innovative fashion tool and accessory, beginning to show a way to move the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into a space formed between the frame and a length of the first peninsula;

[034] Figure 15 is a top view of that in FIG. 14, showing further the way to move the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into the space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula;

[035] Figure 16 is a top view of that in FIG. 15, showing even further the way to move the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into the space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula;

[036] Figure 17 is a top view of that in FIG. 16, showing yet even further the way to move the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into the space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula;

[037] Figure 18 is a top view of that in FIG. 17, showing the fashion article located on both the first peninsula and the second peninsula and into the space formed between the frame and the lengths of the first and second peninsulas;

[038] Figure 19 is a top view of yet an alternate configuration for a pair of my innovative fashion tools and accessory fully assembled in combination with the fashion article and before the tools and fashion article are secured to the garment of a user;

[039] Figure 20 is a perspective view of yet an alternate configuration for my innovative fashion tool and accessory where the first peninsula and the second peninsula are extending toward each other and joined with each other to form a common peninsula; and,

[040] Figure 21 is a bottom view of that in FIG. 20, with the magnetic bar removed from the first and second magnets.

[041] The drawings show some but not all embodiments. The elements depicted in the drawings are illustrative and not necessarily to scale, and the same (or similar) reference numbers denote the same (or similar) features throughout the drawings, though all the same (or similar) features are not always separately numbered to help avoid over numbering and obscuring what the drawings are disclosing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[042] In accordance with the practice of my innovative fashion tool and accessory 10, as seen in the Figures, the tool 10 has a base 20 having a width 22, a length 24 and a thickness 26. Further, tool 10 includes a frame 28 defining a circumference 30 of the base and including the thickness 26. If desired, the length and the width can be substantially equal, for example, to make more of a square or circular frame, rather than the rectangular configuration shown. Generally, as seen in the Figures, preferably the thickness is substantially uniform across the length and the width of the base. However, as desired, it could be wavy, raised in the middle and lower on the edge or vice versa, with regular or irregular peaks and valleys, or other configurations for the thickness 26. Located inside the circumference 30 is a first peninsula 40 formed in the base 20 including the thickness 26 and being located inside the frame 28. The first peninsula 40 is joined at a first base end 42 to the frame 28 and spaced from the frame along a length 48 of the first peninsula to form a first gap formed by space 44 in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula 40. Tool 10 also includes a second peninsula 70 formed in the base 20 including the thickness and is located inside the frame 28. The second peninsula 70 is joined at a second base end 72 to the frame 28 and spaced from the frame along a length 78 of the second peninsula to form a second gap formed by space 74 in the thickness 26 along the length 78 of the second peninsula. A first magnet 90 is joined to a bottom surface 54 of the first peninsula 40 and a second magnet 92 is joined to a bottom surface 84 of the second peninsula 70 with a magnetic bar 94 removably securable to and between the first magnet 90 and the second magnet 92. If desired, the first and second magnets can be included in the thickness 26, and more preferably, that thickness can be substantially uniform, even with the magnets. In this case, if the magnets have any appreciable thickness, and most often this will be the case to get the desired magnetic attraction between the magnets and the magnetic bar, then the magnets can be completely recessed into the bottom surfaces 54, 84 of each peninsula. As such, for example, and as generally seen in the Figures, most preferably the bottom surface of the magnets can be flush with the bottom surface 34 of the frame, as well as bottom surfaces 54, 84 of each peninsula. In this way, for example, the magnets are essentially hidden from view and do not detract from the aesthetics of the fashion tool and accessory. However, alternately, if desired, the magnets can protrude from bottom surfaces 54, 84, and in such a case, while not required, could preferably also be essentially hidden from view.

[043] The tool may also include features related to one or both of the peninsulas 40, 70. For example, the first peninsula 40 and the second peninsula 70 can be extending toward each other and joined with each other to form a common peninsula (as in FIGs. 20 and 21) between the first base end 42 and the second base end 72. As another example, the first peninsula 40 and the second peninsula 70 can extend toward each other and can be separated from each other by a peninsula gap 86 in the thickness at opposing floating distal ends 52, 82 of each of the first peninsula and the second peninsula, respectively. Further in this regard, preferably, the first gap completely surrounds the first peninsula 40 except where the first base is joined to the frame, i.e., at first base end 42. Additionally, or alternately, the second gap, preferably, completely surrounds the second peninsula except where the second base is joined to the frame, i.e., at second base end 72. In another regard, the first peninsula 40 can be substantially uniformly spaced from the frame along the length 48 of the first peninsula. For example, this can aid in the aesthetics when using the tool 10. Additionally, or alternately, in a similar regard, the second peninsula can be substantially uniformly spaced from the frame along the length 78 of the second peninsula. In yet another regard, and without being limited by a theory of understanding, the configuration of the gaps formed by space 44, 74 can be adjusted for aesthetics and/or functionality for threading through and securing the fashion article with the tool when in use secured to the garment 12. For example, at least one of the first peninsula and the second peninsula can be spaced from the frame along the length of the first peninsula in a zig-zag pattern 96 of opposing peaks 98 and valleys 102. This is primarily for aesthetics, as any restriction caused by the gaps formed by space 44, 74 will operate to secure the fashion article with the tool as desired. As another example, the opposing peaks 98 and valleys 102 can be matched across from each other as a paired valley and peak combination. Again, this is primarily for aesthetics, but also starts to aid the functioning of the tool a bit more.

[044] As still another example, and here this starts to become more functional than aesthetic, at least one peak 98 and at least one valley 102 each can have a vertex 100, 104, respectively, with an angle in the range of 70 degrees to 110 degrees. Without being limited to a theory of understanding, the peaks and valleys, and especially so the sharper they get, can help aid to aesthetically locate the fashion article, for example the spreading and pleating of the fashion article fabric threaded through spaces 44, 74 as acted upon by the peaks and valleys serving to spread and pleat the fabric in loosely uniform folds. Further in this regard, and in degrees of increasing preference, vertices 100, 104, respectively, can be an angle in the range of 75 degrees to 105 degrees, an angle in the range of 80 degrees to 100 degrees, and, an angle in the range of 85 degrees to 95 degrees. In this way, for example, the peaks and valleys have a sharper vertex as the angle more closely approaches 90 degrees, which can be advantageous for locating and/or shaping the fashion article, as described herein. Further in regard to the function of the gaps formed by space 44, 74, preferably, the first gap in the thickness along the length 48 of the first peninsula is a decreasing spacing 46 as the length of the first peninsula gets closer to the first base end 42 of the first peninsula. In a similar regard, additionally or alternately, preferably, the second gap in the thickness along the length 78 of the second peninsula is a decreasing spacing 76 as the length of the second peninsula gets closer to the second base end 72 of the second peninsula. Decreasing gaps 46, 76 are both aesthetic and functional but more functional than aesthetic, and can be made even more so with a longer narrowing gap to receive and pinch the edges of the fashion article and selectively hold article 18 therein when desired. [045] Additionally, or separately, other aspects of the tool 10 relate to peninsula 40.

For example, first peninsula 40 can have a flexible resilient characteristic (i.e., and peninsula 70 could also, in some regard, but preferably nowhere near as much of the characteristic as peninsula 40) and the peninsula is generally in a relaxed position 56 (e.g., FIGs. 2, 3, 9, 10), unless being acted upon by a distorting force 60 (e.g., FIGs. 6, 7). That is, preferably first distal end 52 of the first peninsula is selectively movable to the extended position 58 by the distorting force 60, i.e., usually a pushing force, such as by the finger of a user. In one way, for example, the extended position 58 locates the first distal end 52 above top surface 32 of the frame 28 (e.g., FIG. 6). In another way, for example, the extended position 58 locates the first distal end 52 below bottom surface 34 of the frame 28 (e.g., FIG. 7). Then, preferably, removal of the distorting force 60 causes the first distal end 52 to return to the relaxed position 56. This memory characteristic can be achieved with a variety of materials such as plastics, metals, wood and composites thereof that are rigid to semi-rigid and have the ability to bend at the first base end 42 without breaking away from the joined relationship with frame 28, and preferably return to relaxed position 56 whenever distorting force 60 is not acting on distal end 52. This movability and memory characteristic further aid in selectively securing the fashion article with the tool, and preferably more easily and without breaking the tool, and as further described herein.

[046] Referring to FIGs 9-19, additional aspects related to use of tool 10 are disclosed. As first discussed, tool 10 is used with garment 12. For example, best seen in FIG. 9, a layer 14 of the garment can be located between the magnetic bar 94 and the first and second magnets 90, 92 (though the magnets not visible in FIG. 9) with the base temporarily secured to an outside surface 16 of the garment. That is, fashion article 18, such as a scarf or scarf-like article of clothing that is rather thin and flexible, can be threaded through and located in gaps formed by space 44 and/or 74, and article 18 thereby secured adjacent to the outside surface 16 of the garment 12. In this regard, preferably, fashion article 18 is located in the first gap along both sides of the length 48 of the first peninsula and thereby substantially hides the first peninsula 40 from view, e.g. as seen in FIGs. 11-13 and 16-19. Further in the regard, more preferably, fashion article 18 can be located in the first gap formed by space 44 and the second gap formed by space 74 along both sides of the length 48 of the first peninsula 40 and both sides of the length 78 of the second peninsula 70 and thereby substantially hide the first and second peninsulas from view, e.g. as seen in FIGs. 11-13 and 18-19.

[047] In other aspects, there is disclosed a method for using fashion tool and accessory 10 to temporarily secure fashion article 18 to garment 12. The method includes providing frame 28 defining circumference 30 of base 20 and including thickness 26. Another step is distorting first distal end 52 of first peninsula 40 to extended position 58 located (i) below bottom surface 34 of frame 28 or (ii) above top surface 32 of frame 28, and where the first peninsula 40 is formed in the base 20 including the thickness 26 and located inside the frame 28 and joined at first base end 42 to the frame 28. Still another step is, and each of these steps in any order except when necessary to complete a step before the current step would be possible, moving the fashion article 18 over the first distal end 52 and onto the first peninsula 40 and into space 44 formed between the frame and length 48 of the first peninsula (e.g., FIG. 14 to FIG. 15). For example, and without being limited to these described aspects of tool 10, preferably the tool includes peninsula gap 86 to better enable the user to start anywhere along the horizontal/long edge of the fashion article, when moving the fashion article 18 over the first distal end 52. That is, when tool 10 does not include peninsula gap 86 and is one common peninsula (e.g., FIGS. 20 and21), the user may need to start at the vertical/shorter end of the fashion article and then move the fashion article along to the desired location in the spaces 44, 74. This could take more time and put more wear-and-tear on the fashion article and/or on the fashion tool and accessory. Also, when tool 10 has one common peninsula (e.g., FIGS. 20-21), it can be difficult to impossible for the user to use a circular fashion article (e.g., a scarf connected end to end to itself) with such tool 10. The method also includes stopping the distorting of the first distal end 52 of the first peninsula, e.g., removing distorting force 60, to allow the first distal end to return to relaxed position 56 and thereby temporarily securing the fashion article with the frame (e.g., FIGs. 16 to 17 to 18). Further, the method includes locating and temporarily securing the frame 28 on outside surface 16 of the garment 12 (e.g., FIGs. 9 and 11-13).

[048] Considering other method features, there is disclosed preferred features related to adjusting of the fashion article located in the tool. For example, the method can also include adjusting the fashion article 18 relative to the frame 28 by moving the fashion article through the space 74 formed between the frame and the length of the second peninsula 70. Additionally, or alternately, the method can include adjusting the fashion article 18 relative to the frame 28 by moving the fashion article through the space 44 formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula 40. Still additionally, or alternately, the method can include moving the fashion article 18 over second distal end 82 of second peninsula 70 and onto the second peninsula and into space 74 formed between the frame and length 78 of the second peninsula, e.g., going from FIGs. 17 to 18. In this regard, the second peninsula 70 can be formed in the base 20 including the thickness 26 and located inside the frame 28 and joined at second base end 72 to the frame 28. Yet additionally, or alternately, the method can be where locating and temporarily securing the frame 28 on the outside surface 16 of garment 12, is placing magnetic bar 94 under layer 14 of the garment and locating the frame 28 adjacent to the magnetic bar on outside surface 16 of the garment and temporarily magnetically securing the frame with the magnetic bar. Yet still additionally, or alternately, the method can include pinching at least one edge of the fashion article in reduced size space formed between the frame 28 and the length 48 of the first peninsula at location 46 adjacent to the first base end 42 of the first peninsula.

[049] Preferred dimensions of the tool are: a total length of about 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches, a width of about 0.5 inches to 1.5 inches, a thickness without the magnetic bar of about 2/32 of an inch to 4/32 of an inch, and, for spaces 44, 74 a spacing between peninsula and frame of about 1/16 of an inch to about 1/4 of an inch. Conventional rigid to semi-rigid materials can be used to make tool 10, in conjunction with the teaching herein, for example, plastic, wood, steel, aluminum, or other material compositions of sufficient strength yet also flexibility and memory characteristic as would be discerned by one of ordinary skill in the art in combination with the teachings herein, are preferred. And, the tool may be separate parts fixedly joined together or a single molded or formed structure with the various parts and features as described herein.

[050] Additional discussion of embodiments in various scopes now follows:

A. a fashion tool and accessory. The tool includes a base having a width, a length and a thickness. The tool also includes a frame defining a circumference of the base and including the thickness. A first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The first peninsula is joined at a first base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the first peninsula to form a first gap in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula. A second peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The second peninsula is joined at a second base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the second peninsula to form a second gap in the thickness along the length of the second peninsula. The first peninsula and the second peninsula are extending toward each other and joined with each other to form a common peninsula between the first base end and the second base end. A first magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the first peninsula and a second magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the second peninsula with a magnetic bar removably securable to and between the first magnet and the second magnet.

B. A fashion tool and accessory. The tool includes a base having a width, a length and a thickness. The tool also includes a frame defining a circumference of the base and including the thickness. A first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The first peninsula is joined at a first base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the first peninsula to form a first gap in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula. A second peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame. The second peninsula is joined at a second base end to the frame and spaced from the frame along a length of the second peninsula to form a second gap in the thickness along the length of the second peninsula. The first peninsula and the second peninsula extend toward each other and are separated from each other by a peninsula gap in the thickness at opposing floating distal ends of each of the first peninsula and the second peninsula. A first magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the first peninsula and a second magnet is joined to a bottom surface of the second peninsula with a magnetic bar removably securable to and between the first magnet and the second magnet

C. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the thickness is substantially uniform across the length and the width of the base.

D. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the first and second magnets are included in the thickness that is substantially uniform.

E. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the length and the width are substantially equal.

F. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein first gap completely surrounds the first peninsula except where the first base is joined to the frame.

G. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein second gap completely surrounds the second peninsula except where the second base is joined to the frame.

H. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the first peninsula has a flexible resilient characteristic and is in a relaxed position.

I. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein a first distal end of the first peninsula is selectively movable to an extended position by a distorting force.

J. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the extended position locates the first distal end above a top surface of the frame.

K. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the extended position locates the first distal end below a bottom surface of the frame.

L. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein removal of the distorting force causes the first distal end to return to the relaxed position.

M. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the first peninsula is substantially uniformly spaced from the frame along the length of the first peninsula.

N. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the second peninsula is substantially uniformly spaced from the frame along the length of the second peninsula. O. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the first peninsula is spaced from the frame along the length of the first peninsula in a zig-zag pattern of opposing peaks and valleys.

P. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the opposing peaks and valleys are matched across from each other as a paired valley and peak combination.

Q. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein at least one peak and at least one valley each have a vertex with an angle in the range of 70 degrees to 110 degrees.

R. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the first gap in the thickness along the length of the first peninsula is a decreasing spacing as the length of the first peninsula gets closer to the first base end of the first peninsula.

S. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the second gap in the thickness along the length of the second peninsula is a decreasing spacing as the length of the second peninsula gets closer to the second base end of the second peninsula.

T. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, further comprising a garment wherein a layer of the garment is located between the magnetic bar and the first and second magnets with the base temporarily secured to an outside surface of the garment.

U. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, further comprising a fashion article wherein the fashion article is located in the first gap and thereby secured adjacent to the outside surface of the garment.

V. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, further comprising a fashion article wherein the fashion article is located in the first gap and the second gap and thereby secured adjacent to the outside surface of the garment.

W. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the fashion article is located in the first gap along both sides of the length of the first peninsula and thereby substantially hides the first peninsula from view.

X. The tool of any of the prior embodiments, wherein the fashion article is located in the first gap and the second gap along both sides of the length of the first peninsula and both sides of the length of the second peninsula and thereby substantially hides the first and second peninsulas from view. Y. A method for using a fashion tool and accessory to temporarily secure a fashion article to a garment. The method includes providing a frame defining a circumference of a base and including a thickness. The method also includes distorting a first distal end of a first peninsula to an extended position located (i) below a bottom surface of the frame or (ii) above a top surface of the frame, and where the first peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame and joined at a first base end to the frame. There is the step moving the fashion article over the first distal end and onto the first peninsula and into a space formed between the frame and a length of the first peninsula. And, a step of stopping the distorting of the first distal end of the first peninsula to allow the first distal end to return to a relaxed position and thereby temporarily securing the fashion article with the frame. And another step is locating and temporarily securing the frame on an outside surface of the garment.

Z. The method of any of the prior method embodiments, further including moving the fashion article over a second distal end of a second peninsula and onto the second peninsula and into a space formed between the frame and a length of the second peninsula, and where the second peninsula is formed in the base including the thickness and located inside the frame and joined at a second base end to the frame.

AA.The method of any of the prior method embodiments, wherein the first peninsula and the second peninsula extend toward each other and are separated from each other by a peninsula gap in the thickness at opposing floating ends of each of the first peninsula and the second peninsula.

BB. The method of any of the prior method embodiments, wherein locating and temporarily securing the frame on the outside surface of the garment further comprises placing a magnetic bar under a layer of the garment and locating the frame adjacent to the magnetic bar on an outside surface of the garment and temporarily magnetically securing the frame with the magnetic bar.

CC. The method of any of the prior method embodiments, further comprising adjusting the fashion article relative to the frame by moving the fashion article through the space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula. DD.The method of any of the prior method embodiments, further comprising adjusting the fashion article relative to the frame by moving the fashion article through the space formed between the frame and the length of the second peninsula.

EE. The method of any of the prior method embodiments, wherein adjusting further comprises moving the fashion article through the space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula.

FF. The method of any of the prior method embodiments, further comprising pinching at least one edge of the fashion article in a reduced size space formed between the frame and the length of the first peninsula at a location adjacent to the first base end of the first peninsula.

[051] Each and every document cited in this present application, including any cross referenced or related patent or application, is incorporated in this present application in its entirety by this reference, unless expressly excluded or otherwise limited. The citation of any document is not an admission that it is prior art with respect to any embodiment disclosed in this present application or that it alone, or in any combination with any other reference or references, teaches, suggests, or discloses any such embodiment. Further, to the extent that any meaning or definition of a term in this present application conflicts with any meaning or definition of the same term in a document incorporated by reference, the meaning or definition assigned to that term in this present application governs.

[052] The present invention includes the description, examples, embodiments, and drawings disclosed; but it is not limited to such description, examples, embodiments, or drawings. As briefly described above, the reader should assume that features of one disclosed embodiment can also be applied to all other disclosed embodiments, unless expressly indicated to the contrary. Unless expressly indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the present application are approximations that can vary depending on the desired properties sought to be obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation using the teachings disclosed in the present application. Modifications and other embodiments will be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the applicable fashion tools art, and all such modifications and other embodiments are intended and deemed to be within the scope of the present invention.