What is the best way to travel with a suit to avoid wrinkles? I found the following video on YouTube. What do you think?
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What is the best way to travel with a suit?
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Do you need a full suitcase or can you get away with a folding garment bag?
I do something similar and for similar reasons. Learned something new on rolling the coat. Rolling or loose folding will get you there. When it doesn't, most hotels have an iron and a quick touch up will finish the job. I also some of my business shirts folded instead of on hangers. Thanks for sharing.
Wear it.
Beyond that, a folding garment bag has always worked for me.
Important, though, is your choice of suit material. If you are going to travel fairly frequently with your suit, get a suit that will resist or recover from wrinkles and creases fairly well. A loosely-woven fabric made of high-twist threads should work well.
Beyond that, a folding garment bag has always worked for me.
Important, though, is your choice of suit material. If you are going to travel fairly frequently with your suit, get a suit that will resist or recover from wrinkles and creases fairly well. A loosely-woven fabric made of high-twist threads should work well.
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I need to bring a suitcase. The only garment bag is one of those that department stores give you. Does rolling it like that not work?
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
Wear it.
Especially with airlines charging for everything now... I just wear everything.
It was a pain going to ComiCon though, my Superman suit kinda showed through, and the cape kept peeking out from under my jacket.
The TSA screener whispered "Don't worry Mr. Kent, your secret is safe with me"
We got into some heavy turbulence, and I seriously considered popping the emergency exit and flying down... but I'm sure that would have traumatized some kid.
Especially with airlines charging for everything now... I just wear everything.
It was a pain going to ComiCon though, my Superman suit kinda showed through, and the cape kept peeking out from under my jacket.
The TSA screener whispered "Don't worry Mr. Kent, your secret is safe with me"
We got into some heavy turbulence, and I seriously considered popping the emergency exit and flying down... but I'm sure that would have traumatized some kid.
I found that same method of rolling a suit coat or sport coat in a sticky on FlyerTalk.com. I use it and it works well. It works better than the internal garment section in my roll-a-board bag.
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I roll most of my clothes, I do find it keeps the wrinkles out the best. I have never tried to roll a suit though. It usually goes in my garment bag, or my suit case garment section.
Wear it.
Especially with airlines charging for everything now... I just wear everything.
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Especially with airlines charging for everything now... I just wear everything.
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I've heard that sailors,U.S. Navy, do that. I've never done it. I was ARMY, we just "rolled" drunk sailors.....
I use a folding garment bag.
There are as many opinions on packing a suit as there are..., well, you know..
Personally, I never check bags. I have an awesome Patagonia MLC burrito that is a carry on garment bag that I use if I am taking a substantial amount of dress clothes, but 90% of the time I carry my Arc'Teryx Blade 30. The Patagonia bag has been discontinued at the present, which is unfortunate, but I honestly can do just as good of a job with the Blade.
The key point is that wrinkling comes from friction between fabrics of different types. If you fold diligently and are mindful of what you put next to what, it will go a long way in getting your clothes in a relatively pristine state. Personally, I use this method when I have a lightly packed bag, and always for shirts.
If I have densely packed, then I use this method for the suit, and fold the trousers around the jacket on the outside. I fold the waistcoat separately, it's very easy to keep in order, and put it on top so that the slippery lining faces outward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWz6aJPae7s
If you can gather dry cleaning bags, they are a great help as well. Rolling is not very effective for many types of clothing, I mainly use it for jeans, activewear, T-Shirts, etc... It is helpful for those, and saves a lot of space.
Personally, I never check bags. I have an awesome Patagonia MLC burrito that is a carry on garment bag that I use if I am taking a substantial amount of dress clothes, but 90% of the time I carry my Arc'Teryx Blade 30. The Patagonia bag has been discontinued at the present, which is unfortunate, but I honestly can do just as good of a job with the Blade.
The key point is that wrinkling comes from friction between fabrics of different types. If you fold diligently and are mindful of what you put next to what, it will go a long way in getting your clothes in a relatively pristine state. Personally, I use this method when I have a lightly packed bag, and always for shirts.
If I have densely packed, then I use this method for the suit, and fold the trousers around the jacket on the outside. I fold the waistcoat separately, it's very easy to keep in order, and put it on top so that the slippery lining faces outward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWz6aJPae7s
If you can gather dry cleaning bags, they are a great help as well. Rolling is not very effective for many types of clothing, I mainly use it for jeans, activewear, T-Shirts, etc... It is helpful for those, and saves a lot of space.
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Sorry for not being a bit more specific. I meant garment bag like http://www.amazon.com/b?node=15743271
I have a hand me down one, and it can comfortably fit 2 pairs of shoes, 2 suits, and enough casual and business style clothes for 3 days or so. My only bit of advice would be to get a bifold type as opposed to a trifold type.
It got a linen dinner jacket through a flight without wrinkling. Of course, I forgot to put my suntan lotion in a ziplock so I had to find a dry cleaner anyway...
I have a hand me down one, and it can comfortably fit 2 pairs of shoes, 2 suits, and enough casual and business style clothes for 3 days or so. My only bit of advice would be to get a bifold type as opposed to a trifold type.
It got a linen dinner jacket through a flight without wrinkling. Of course, I forgot to put my suntan lotion in a ziplock so I had to find a dry cleaner anyway...
I'm still struggling with this one. I fly economy 99% of the time and my carry-on usually has a big brick of documents. I couldn't work a suit in with it easily.
Ideally, I'd like to have a separate garment bag and hang it, but I think that privilege is reserved for those at the front of the bus.
My general solution has been to work from the premise that wrinkles are caused by sharp folds/creases. No sharp folds = no wrinkles on arrival. I think this is the reason rolling suits, ties etc. seems to work. I put my suit jacket and pants folded neatly in half inside a garment bag. Sometimes I'll stuff the suit with my dress shirts so the suit is 'wearing' the shirts, giving it a bit of volume. I lay the top portion of the suit in the suitcase, pile in the other stuff and then fold the other half of the garment bag across the now full suitcase. The result is a rounded fold of the garment bag inside the suitcase.
Some wrinkles, especially in the stuffed dress shirts are inevitable, so the second half of the solution is a small travel steamer. The 'bathroom shower' method never seemed to get all the wrinkles out of my clothes.
I have colleagues who swear by also using the thin plastic drycleaning bags. Apparently it helps.
Travel is an art which I haven't quite mastered yet, so I'm interested in hearing more on this.
Ideally, I'd like to have a separate garment bag and hang it, but I think that privilege is reserved for those at the front of the bus.
My general solution has been to work from the premise that wrinkles are caused by sharp folds/creases. No sharp folds = no wrinkles on arrival. I think this is the reason rolling suits, ties etc. seems to work. I put my suit jacket and pants folded neatly in half inside a garment bag. Sometimes I'll stuff the suit with my dress shirts so the suit is 'wearing' the shirts, giving it a bit of volume. I lay the top portion of the suit in the suitcase, pile in the other stuff and then fold the other half of the garment bag across the now full suitcase. The result is a rounded fold of the garment bag inside the suitcase.
Some wrinkles, especially in the stuffed dress shirts are inevitable, so the second half of the solution is a small travel steamer. The 'bathroom shower' method never seemed to get all the wrinkles out of my clothes.
I have colleagues who swear by also using the thin plastic drycleaning bags. Apparently it helps.
Travel is an art which I haven't quite mastered yet, so I'm interested in hearing more on this.
Makes a huge difference when mixing different fabrics/garments.
I definitely agree.
I hate garment bags. They are usually bulky and impossible to carry. They made more sense in the "good old days" when you could carry one onboard an airplane in addition to a carry-on bag. Roll or fold. Whenever I wear a suit while traveling, I am always afraid I will stain or wrinkle it. On the other hand, I find that people are much friendlier and much more polite if you are wearing a suit.
I hate garment bags. They are usually bulky and impossible to carry. They made more sense in the "good old days" when you could carry one onboard an airplane in addition to a carry-on bag. Roll or fold. Whenever I wear a suit while traveling, I am always afraid I will stain or wrinkle it. On the other hand, I find that people are much friendlier and much more polite if you are wearing a suit.
Count the male passengers who aren't wearing suits ...
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I vaguely recall the movie, but I don't ever remember The Duke biotch-slapping another man!
