Why do some women’s shirts and dresses with a standard t-shirt type neckline have hanging ribbons inside?

Question

Why do some women’s shirts and dresses with a standard t-shirt type neckline have hanging ribbons inside?

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Answer 1

Sometime the neck is wide enough that it falls off a hanger, and sometimes the material is stretchy enough that the shoulders of the hanger deform the drape of the garment (you get those puffy nubbins over the shoulder) and those loops help take the weight off of those points.