How to Care for a Suit

How to Care for a Suit monkeysee.com See how the experts do it. Hi my name is Matt Landsberg with Eric Finn Custom Clothiers. We’re talking about how to buy a suit and how to get a suit that fits well. In this particular segment we’ll talk about caring for your suit. One of the worst things that can be done is buying a suit, wearing it and then after you wear it take it to a dry cleaner. There’s nothing worst that’s going to beat up your suit and wear it out faster and frequently taking it to a dry cleaner. I have heard a lot of guys will wear it ones and after you wear it that one time you take it to a dry cleaner. It’s similar to having a new pair of jeans and after you’ve got that jeans, those pair of jeans for a period of time, they’re going to start to fade, they’re going to get thinner and the color will fade a little bit, same thing applies with the whole suit. The other thing is most you like to have your suit probably dry cleaned about once a year or most, excuse most twice a year. If you do get it wrinkled or something like that you can just take it to a dry cleaner and have them press it only so then you’re not subjecting it to the harsh chemicals. So pressing only is an ideal thing for just a wrinkled suit. The other thing you can do is if it’s smoky you can let it air out just take it outside on a cool day without too much direct sunlight and just let it air out and that will take care of that issue again that keeps away from the harsh chemicals of dry cleaning. The other thing I see a lot of guys do with their suit is put it on a flimsy hanger so you get one of these hangers from the dry cleaner and sometimes they’re covered and sometimes they’re not but this is going to put those little hanger divots or dimples in the shoulders and will make your suit look pretty poor after a while. What you prefer to have is a good sturdy hanger or something that’s wide, wide spread piece that goes over the shoulder to now prevent that from happening. The other thing you want to remember too is if you’re storing a suit if you have a seasonal suit and something that you only wear in a summer or during the months and you’re storing it, you want to keep it in a bag that breathes pretty well so I prefer not to have a suit stored in plastic because the fiber is not getting air circulating. Next we’re going to talk about what to look for and what to talk about with a potential tailor.