Retractable nonlinear garment hook

A garment hook assembly includes a housing which can be injection molded and includes two halves hinged together for surrounding and receiving a retractable garment hook. The housing halves each include an arcuate slot which align with one another when the housing is folded over the garment hook to a closed position for receiving a pair of laterally extending spaced pins extending from the hook into the arcuate slots of the housing for guiding the translation motion of the garment hook along a nonlinear arcuate path as it extends from and retracts into the housing.