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How to pack a suit without creasing it
A suit creases where it folds against itself. Three techniques, ranked by how much room they need and how well they actually work.
10 September 2026, 5 min read
Why suits crease at all
Wool holds the shape you leave it in. A crease is the fabric being pressed against itself under weight for hours, and it sets as the cloth cools. That is also why the fix is heat and moisture rather than pulling.
Best: do not fold it
A garment section keeps the jacket on its hanger and folds the bag around it, so the only bend is at the waist and it is a wide one. On a two-day trip that is the difference between wearing the suit off the train and finding an iron.
Our carry-on garment duffel holds two suits flat and folds to cabin size. The folding garment bag holds three and is the one to take when the trip is the suit.
Good: the shoulder-into-shoulder fold
Turn the jacket inside out from the shoulders. Slide one shoulder inside the other so the lining faces out, then fold once at the waist. The lining takes the crease and the outer cloth is protected.
Trousers fold along their existing crease, laid flat on top, never rolled. Rolling wool is for jersey, not for tailoring.
The fix on arrival
Hang the suit in the bathroom, run the shower hot with the door shut and leave it twenty minutes. Steam relaxes the fibres and gravity does the rest.
Do not iron a suit directly. The finish on worsted wool goes shiny under a dry iron and does not come back.
