Sort by actual length
Hang garments on their normal hangers and compare the lowest hems. Dresses, coats and jumpsuits can differ substantially; use your own longest pieces rather than broad category names when drawing the available space.
Keep the selection method workable
If you normally choose clothing by work outfit or color, decide how length grouping affects that routine. A technically efficient rail is less useful if finding an outfit requires searching several unrelated zones every morning.
Place floor storage selectively
Put baskets or shoes only beneath the short group where their tops clear the hanging garments. Do not extend a storage row under long clothes simply to make the floor look visually consistent.
Leave a transition margin
The first long garment can swing into the shorter zone as hangers move. Leave enough flexibility to slide clothing without catching it on the adjacent basket, and revise the boundary when the seasonal wardrobe changes. Use a removable marker on the rail during the trial. That lets you move the boundary between long and short garments without investing in new hardware.
For example, jackets at one end can leave space for a low shoe shelf while dresses at the other retain an unobstructed drop to the floor.
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