attached to a garment such as a pants leg and are now attached to male members which are permanently attached to a panel of material where the male members can only be removed from either end of the female members in accordance with the principles of the invention one edge 58 of the panel of material 60 is placed around a rod or cord 22 and sewn twice to provide an end which has a diameter that is wider than the width of the slot 46 that extends for the full length of the hollow cylinder 44 the inside diameter of the hollow cylinder 52 is sized to slidably receive the rod or cord 22 and the material which surrounds the rod and the slot 54 has a width that is wide enough to slidably receive the double layer of material 58 which extends out from the rod or cord 22 in operation to attach the panel of material 60 to the pants leg 12 the top end of the rod or cord 22 is inserted into the bottom end of the hollow cylinder 44 and the double layer of material 58 is located in the slot 46 now the top end of the covered rod or cord is pulled up along the inside of the hollow cylinder to the top of the waist of the pants leg and the panel can be locked to the pants with a snap a strip of velcro etc the rod or.