Patent ID: 7793518

Claim:
A clothes gathering clasp for gathering and retaining a portion of a garment which comprises: an outside member having an external surface and an internal surface with said external surface decorated and said internal surface having a first magnet imbedded therein, wherein said outside member external surface decorated further comprises a plurality of jewelry crystals imbedded in said external surface in an ornate manner, wherein said outside member further having a bottom loop integrally formed adjacent to a lower edge for attachment purposes, a flexible retainer having a first end and a second end with the first end attached to the outside member in a removable manner, an inside member removably attached to the second end of the flexible retainer with said inside member having an external surface and an internal surface with said internal surface having a second magnet imbedded therein, such that when the outside member is placed on an outer surface of a garment, and gathered with the flexible retainer, and the inside member is juxtapositioned with the outside member on an inner surface of the clothing garment, the portion of the garment gathered with the flexible retainer is retained with a magnetic attraction created by opposed dissimilar polarity of the magnets, wherein said inside member further having a top loop integrally formed adjacent to an upper edge for attachment of said flexible retainer, wherein said first magnet and said second magnet have a nominal diameter of 0.500 inch (1.27 cm) with a nominal thickness of 0.100 inch (0.254 cm) and are enclosed with a nickel plated metal sheet steel enclosure, and wherein said outside member is larger in size than said inside member.