衣架是一个形状似人的肩膀的日用品工具，用来将衣物挂起晾晒或放入衣柜。

1869年O. A. North发明了一个类似挂衣钩的对象并获得专利。这可算是最简单的铁线衣架。1903年，Timberlake Wire and Novelty员工Albert J. Parkhouse得到了首个真正关于铁线衣架的专利。他发明的原因是其他员工觉得太少挂衣钩可用，于是他将一条铁线扭曲，催使了发明了衣架。

除了铁线衣架之外，硬胶, 木制衣架亦很常见。

衣架通常会挂在一条横长竿上，即晾衣竹。

按字面意思，衣架就是架起衣服的东西。在《三国演义》第二十三回，襧衡曾以「衣架、饭囊、酒桶、肉袋」比喻那些没有实才的人。

A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, is a device in the shape of:

There are three basic types of clothes hangers. The first is the wire hanger, which has a simple loop of wire, most often steel, in a flattened triangle shape that continues into a hook at the top. The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to the clothing, and a hook, usually of metal, protruding from the point. Some wooden hangers have a rounded bar from tip to tip, forming a flattened triangle. This bar is designed to hang the trousers belonging to the jacket. The third kind and most used in today's world are plastic coat hangers, which mostly mimic the shape of either a wire or wooden hanger. Plastic coat hangers are also produced in smaller sizes to accommodate the shapes of children's clothes.