2 months abroad, 1 22 in. suitcase!
Jul 23rd, 2006, 10:55 AM
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Tip #1: Pack as few color schemes as possible. This way, when you do laundry, you don't have to do a special load for that single, bright red shirt.
Tip #2: Make sure that ALL your tops match with ALL of your bottoms.
Tip #3: Rolling clothes helps eliminate wrinkles.
Tip #4: Packing delicates (like silks) in dry cleaning garment bags will prevent wrinkles.
Tip #5: If you do need to get wrinkles out of linen or silk, hang the item in the bathroom while you shower and let the steam do the work.
Tip #6: Don't pack heavy cottons (socks, sweaters, jeans, etc.) They take a loooong time to wash and even an loooooonger time to dry.
Tip #2: Make sure that ALL your tops match with ALL of your bottoms.
Tip #3: Rolling clothes helps eliminate wrinkles.
Tip #4: Packing delicates (like silks) in dry cleaning garment bags will prevent wrinkles.
Tip #5: If you do need to get wrinkles out of linen or silk, hang the item in the bathroom while you shower and let the steam do the work.
Tip #6: Don't pack heavy cottons (socks, sweaters, jeans, etc.) They take a loooong time to wash and even an loooooonger time to dry.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 11:32 AM
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"<i>janisj, do you stick with one color family when you pack?</i>"
Not all one color, but I definitely make sure each item goes w/ most of the others. Sometimes in the same family, sometimes complimentary, but always mix/matchable.
Re linen - If it doesn't wrinkle it will just look look like synthetics. Linen isn't linen unless it wrinkles
(but I only take linen once in a while)
I personally don't use the roll method (though I did for years until I learned how to "bundle" ) because things do tend to wrinkle more. Bundling ensures things -- even busines suits -- don't get wrinkled because there are no folds/rolls. The thickness of the bundle cushions the clothing and nothing gets creased.
Another benefit to bundling (and this happened to me a LHR a couple of years ago.) -- if you get pulled aside for complete screening of your carry on it is MUCH faster. Since there is nothing hard or metal in the bundle - you simply lift all the clothing out in one "pillow" which the agent can wand or x-ray. then all the hard items in the bottom of the bag can be inspected. When the agent is finished, you simply place the bundle back in the suitcase and hook the straps. In and out in less than a minute w/o having to unfold every item and then re-packing.
Not all one color, but I definitely make sure each item goes w/ most of the others. Sometimes in the same family, sometimes complimentary, but always mix/matchable.
Re linen - If it doesn't wrinkle it will just look look like synthetics. Linen isn't linen unless it wrinkles
(but I only take linen once in a while)I personally don't use the roll method (though I did for years until I learned how to "bundle" ) because things do tend to wrinkle more. Bundling ensures things -- even busines suits -- don't get wrinkled because there are no folds/rolls. The thickness of the bundle cushions the clothing and nothing gets creased.
Another benefit to bundling (and this happened to me a LHR a couple of years ago.) -- if you get pulled aside for complete screening of your carry on it is MUCH faster. Since there is nothing hard or metal in the bundle - you simply lift all the clothing out in one "pillow" which the agent can wand or x-ray. then all the hard items in the bottom of the bag can be inspected. When the agent is finished, you simply place the bundle back in the suitcase and hook the straps. In and out in less than a minute w/o having to unfold every item and then re-packing.
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