I bought this not intending to use it for a drying rack but for hanging tissue paper and other hard to store things on it..however I have shown it with a few pieces of clothing in one photo and one with a really thick heavy sweater on it...it stays against the wall well and doesnt move with the weight of clothes on it...this would also be nice for scarves if you have alot of them...you could also use S hooks for other things you might want to hang from it...this could go behind a closet door or even hang on the back of a door with over the door hooks for extra storage...its a nice rack...all the pieces were marked..and it went together very easy.