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When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more> 1. Style How to Fold a Suit, According to King Charles's Former Suit Maker Published July 1, 2024 [ ] Save Illustration: Alvaro Dominguez; Source:iStock Alexander Aciman By Alexander Aciman Alexander Aciman is an editor who has written about pasta-making, running gear, and Wirecutter picks he has spotted on TV shows. I traveled to eight out-of-town weddings in 2023. Each time, I packed a suit into my carry-on bag. It did not go well. No matter which suit-packing method I used, the result was almost always the same: I would arrive at my hotel and begin to unpack, only for the most important and least replaceable item of clothing to emerge from my bag a rumpled mess. I don't want to dwell on the wrinkles. To paraphrase Thomas Edison, I didn't fail eight times at packing my suit but merely discovered eight different ways not to pack a suit. The biggest lesson I learned from my year of suit-packing travel is to invest in a quality garment bag. But sometimes that's impractical, especially if you're an economy flier who can't always depend on having access to the airplane closet. In search of a solution, I spoke with Tom and Claire Mahon, the husband-and-wife team who run Redmayne, a bespoke tailor in the UK that first opened its doors in 1860. (Tom used to make suits for King Charles back when his royal highness was the prince of Wales.) The folks at Redmayne are suit-packing experts: Half of their orders are shipped internationally to customers who expect clothes to look good on arrival, and Tom himself travels to trunk shows and fittings with his own suits. Here's their advice on how to pack a suit into your carry-on bag so you arrive wrinkle-free. Back to top 1. Start with a fabric that won't wrinkle (too much) The fabric itself is almost as important as the way your suit is packed. Suits made from linen, a linen-wool blend, or a smooth, super-fine wool, for example, are the most susceptible to wrinkling. Thin, smooth fabrics may have a pleasant hand-feel, but they tend to travel poorly. The experts at Redmayne recommend that frequent travelers invest in suits made from a fabric that can withstand repeated folding. That could mean a fabric with a more open weave, like hopsack, whose coarser, grid-like texture offers the fabric some wrinkle resistance. Other good options are suits with fabrics labeled as "high-twist." This is a way of adding a springiness to the individual yarns so that they easily snap back into place. Similarly, heavier wool fabrics such as flannels and tweeds will be more resistant to wrinkles than smooth fabrics. 2. A suit isn't a T-shirt, so don't fold it like one Suits are incredibly complex garments, and most (even affordable, off-the-rack ones) usually have some degree of internal structure to help them drape well. This means that haphazardly folding your suit and smushing it between your toiletry bag and a pile of T-shirts can leave hard-set wrinkles in the fabric and change the way the jacket wears. To keep your suit looking sharp, use Tom's favorite suit-packing accessories: a few pairs of socks and a sweater "rolled up like a sausage." Folding these garments into your suit creates a softer landing for the fabric and also supports the suit's structure. To fold a suit like a Savile Row tailor, lay the suit flat on a table, and align the jacket's front as if it were buttoned (but don't button it). A suit jacket. First, lay the suit flat, but unbuttoned, and smooth out the sleeves. Photo: Marki Williams A suit jacket with padding sticking out of one sleeve. Stuff the sleeves with light padding to help maintain their shape. Photo: Marki Williams A suit jacket with padding sticking out of one sleeve. Stuff the sleeves with light padding to help maintain their shape. Photo: Marki Williams A suit jacket with the shoulders stuffed with padding. Place a small amount of padding inside the jacket's shoulders. Photo: Marki WilliamsPhoto: Marki Williams A piece of padding in the middle of a suit jacket. Place a piece of padding or a rolled-up sweater along the waist of the jacket. Photo: Marki Williams A suit jacket folded in half. Holding the hem and the sleeves, fold the jacket in half. Photo: Marki Williams A piece of padding in the middle of the folded jacket. Run more padding or a sweater down the center of the folded jacket. Photo: Marki Williams A folded suit jacket with padding in the middle. Fold the jacket in half along the padding. Photo: Marki Williams First, lay the suit flat, but unbuttoned, and smooth out the sleeves. Photo: Marki Williams A suit jacket. A suit jacket with padding sticking out of one sleeve. A suit jacket with padding sticking out of one sleeve. A suit jacket with the shoulders stuffed with padding. A piece of padding in the middle of a suit jacket. A suit jacket folded in half. A piece of padding in the middle of the folded jacket. A folded suit jacket with padding in the middle. Then smooth out the sleeves so that they are lying totally flat on the table, maintaining their natural curve. Take a pair of rolled socks, and slip them into the area where the sleeve meets the shoulder (this helps maintain the shape of the jacket's shoulder). You can also put a pair of unfolded socks into the sleeve itself for some additional padding. Place a rolled-up sweater horizontally across the waist of the jacket, and, holding the sleeves and the hem, fold the jacket in half so that the sweater is sitting in the fold. Using another rolled-up sweater or T-shirt, place it vertically down the now-folded jacket, and fold it in on itself again. A pair of suit trousers. Flatten the trousers along the crease. Photo: Marki Williams Padding placed in the middle of suit trousers. Put a pair of socks or some light padding at roughly the halfway point. Photo: Marki Williams Suit trousers folded in half with padding in the middle. Fold the trousers in half along the padding. Photo: Marki Williams Suit trousers folded in half with padding in the middle and the crease. Repeat this process at the new halfway point. Photo: Marki Williams A pair of trousers folded with padding in the creases. Fold the trousers along the padding one more time. Photo: Marki Williams A folded suit in a suitcase. Begin packing your suit on a flat surface. Photo: Marki Williams A suit folded and packed in a suitcase. Photos: Marki Williams Flatten the trousers along the crease. Photo: Marki Williams A pair of suit trousers. Padding placed in the middle of suit trousers. Suit trousers folded in half with padding in the middle. Suit trousers folded in half with padding in the middle and the crease. A pair of trousers folded with padding in the creases. A folded suit in a suitcase. A suit folded and packed in a suitcase. To fold your pants, flatten them on a table along the crease. Place a pair of unfolded socks across the pants, roughly at the midpoint, and fold the trousers in half. Then, using another pair of socks placed at the new midpoint, fold them over once more. The result is a suit folded into a neat parcel with a small footprint. When packing the folded suit, try to rest it on a flat surface of clothes within the bag itself. 3. Don't steam your suit or hang it in a steamy bathroom There are tons of wrinkle-removing hacks floating around the internet, from using a hotel steamer on your suit to hanging it in a bathroom while you run a steamy shower (this one's as old as time). Don't do this. Steam can ruin a suit. "A quality garment has a fullness to it. It's been pressed and finished, and putting it in an overly humid environment can soften the construction inside the garment ... and spoil the finish of your suit," Tom said. More-affordable suits can also be damaged by steam. Most suits will have at least a partially fused interlining. And when steam is applied to the wrong places, it can occasionally cause that lining to come unfused, resulting in a series of unsightly, often permanent wrinkles and bubbles on your suit. "In an ideal world, you want to arrive somewhere and give your suit a hanging-up, in a dry, warm room for 12 hours," Tom said. This should be enough to get the wrinkles to fall out. If you're not happy with how your suit looks the next day, your best bet might be to find a reputable local dry cleaner that can press your suit by hand. This article was edited by Ben Frumin and Catherine Kast. Meet your guide [alex-aciman-1] Alexander Aciman Alexander Aciman is an editor for Wirecutter's discovery team. He has worked as a journalist and on documentary film projects, and he has also worked as a screenwriter for Amazon and Lionsgate. 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