A Clean Iron — You need to make sure your iron is clean as it can leave stains if it has rust or sediment buildup. Test for this by ironing a white rag to see if it will leave stains.
A Clean Jacket — Again, you must make sure the jacket is free from dirt and stains to avoid permanently setting them in the fabric. Distilled Water — You must use distilled water in the iron, as regular water can lead to sediment buildup. Using the steam function of the iron makes it easier to press out wrinkles.
A Pressing Cloth — Most jackets are made from delicate fabrics like wool that can easily be damaged by the hot iron. To protect your jacket from scorches or shiny marks, you will place a piece of cloth between the iron and jacket. A simple white handkerchief works perfectly for this. To start, set your iron to the right heat setting for your fabric. The general rule is low heat for synthetic fabrics, low to medium heat for wools, and high heat for linen and cotton. Use the pressing method instead of sliding the iron like you would for a dress shirt.
Press the iron evenly on top of the fabric for a few seconds, then pick it straight up and move to another spot. Warning: sliding the iron back and forth can lead to shiny marks on the fabric. A jacket is rather difficult to iron, especially around the shoulders.
I highly recommend only pressing areas that really need attention like the back, elbows, and parts of the front. The rest should be left to the dry cleaner. To iron , the back of the jacket, lay it out flat on the ironing board.
Smooth out the fabric so you will not make any creases. Carefully press out the wrinkles by setting the iron straight down and picking it up again before moving to a new spot. Again, focus only on wrinkled areas. The suit has come back limp and lost its shape, particularly through the lapels, which have lost their shape and hold entirely.
Is the suit destroyed, or is there any way to restore the form of the jacket? There are so many potential factors here. You said that we should switch suits almost daily. But what happens to the suit during breaks? Should I switch between the two daily? What about the pants? Should they be washed with surf hand wash or machine wash? There are at least three reasons for this:. So, our first piece of advice is pretty obvious: fill out your suit wardrobe. If you plan to be in a suit five days a week, you should own at least five suits.
Our second piece of advice is to make the most out of what you already have. So instead of wearing the same suit over and over, mix up the jackets and pants to make alternative combinations from your suits.
This way you can give at least part of your suits a rest every day. Thanks for the advice. I am gonna be a lawyer so the only color I am supposed to wear will be pure black. I totally understand the point of hygiene though, and I agree that I need to have more suits.
Do you recommend a specific material of jacket for harsh environments, like walking up and down stairs in very hot and moist climate? Maybe something lighter but retains the style? Wow, that black suit rule sounds pretty intense, Usman. You may want to double check to be sure that the dress code requires you to wear the same thing everyday.
Perhaps the rule is intended to get your to wear dark suits. You might find that you have more options for warm weather fabrics than you think. The black suit is considered a uniform of the lawyer and it is used to identify a lawyer from a non lawyer. Juniors are prohibited to wear black and graduates wear it as a privilege. Office environments are more lenient but to appear in courts we must wear pure dark jet black. Non lawyers wearing black in courts are actually committing a punishable crime impersonating a lawyer.
Although I think lawyers not wearing black is not a crime in itself. Hence we practically have to wear it every day. Here in the USA the system is a pretty flexible when it comes to attorney attire but it sounds like the dress code is fixed in your situation.
In your case, we recommend filling your closet with all-seasonal black suits. We can help you with that. Check out the black suit options from Black Lapel. I have small sweat marks on the inside of the suit around the armpit area. Will steaming this remove those marks?
While this article is about self-maintenance, we always suggest letting the professionals, dry cleaners, handle any stains on your suit. We can give you this advice… always wear an undershirt. Hi, I bought a new suit a few weeks ago. And wore the jacket with a v-neck sweater my shirts were delays at the airport. It is not very noticeable, but I am afraid over time the oil might damage the fabric.
What should I do? Thanks in advance for any help. All of the above advice is about maintaining your suits, kind of like maintaining your health by eating right and exercising.
In that case, see your doctor—in other words, take the suit to a respectable dry cleaner. Only by looking at it in-person can they truly assess the problem and you can get a sense of what your options are. Can this be pressed out by a tailor? If not, can a tailor repair the damage after opening up the jacket? Yikes, MAR! Sounds like a dicey situation. You could try pressing the suit to fix the problem. That is not a tailoring job for an amateur, though. We would suggest only asking a top-rate tailor to even attempt this move.
Worst comes to worst, you know where to come for a replacement suit. Do you have any advice on reshaping lapels that have a sort of outwards bend in them under the chest from general use please? Lapel flare, as we call it in the biz, is a result of a jacket that is too small in the chest. Depending on how bad the flaring is, you may be able to tailor it. If the fit is too far off, there may be nothing your tailor can do. I work at a dry cleaners and I CANNOT believe this article because even though your suit may not stink or have visible stains it may have germs growing on it.
Our goal here is not to compare the price of a suit brush to the price of dry cleaning a suit. Nor are we trying to attack the dry cleaning industry. Oh my goodness! Impressive article dude! Is there anybody getting the same RSS issues? Anyone that knows the answer will you kindly respond? Dry clean only. I am part of a worship team band so while up there on stage it can get pretty hot.
Any advice? You sound like a soul whose intentions are good but, oh Josh, your suits are certainly letting you be misunderstood. Airing them out after wearing, steaming them when necessary and dry cleaning them sparingly will keep a quality wool suit in great shape.
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