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boots08 Mar 1st, 2010 12:38 PM

Packing a man's suit
 
Has anyone ever packed one in a large standard suitcase rather than a garment bag? What works best in terms of preventing wrinkling- folding in half at very top, rolling the garments...?

abram Mar 1st, 2010 03:44 PM

Wrapping it in plastic dry cleaner bags.

esm Mar 1st, 2010 09:00 PM

I roll several layers of tissue paper and stuff the sleeves. Then put in plastic dry cleaner bag (no hanger) and pack it flat.

jerryw Mar 2nd, 2010 05:55 AM

Eagle Creek Pack-It Folders are great! We take our "business attire" all over the world using them!

travelgourmet Mar 2nd, 2010 07:14 AM

I use the Eagle Creek folders, and it works fine.

Otherwise, I would wrap it around other clothes. For the pants, for example, put another pair of pants with them and fold both pants together, with the suit pants on the outside. For the jacket, do the same thing, but fold it like a men's shirt from a store, so that you don't crease the collar.

If it is a wool suit, then the wrinkles should fall out relatively quickly, as long as you don't wad it into a ball.

boots08 Mar 11th, 2010 10:50 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. Before seeing these replies, I had packed the pants then jacket flat at the very top of the suitcase. It worked out just fine- the garments came out virtually unwrinkled! :d

djkbooks Mar 14th, 2010 10:14 PM

The fabric of the suit makes all the difference.


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