How to Pack a Suit Into a Suitcase

Typically, your suit travels in it's own special bag to get to the destination wrinkle free. When there's room in your suitcase and the burden of another bag is a problem, fold your suit coat and pants up together. Learn the method to avoid wrinkles and place the suit in your suitcase.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Suitcase
• Suit pants
• Suit coat

1. Lay the suit flat on top the suitcase. The collar of the coat should be touching the backside of the suitcase, and the bottom half hangs over the suitcase.

2. Fold the suit arms in like you would to fold a shirt. Place them flat against the breast of the suit with sleeves touching.

3. Put the suit pants on top of the coat. First, fold the pants in half like you would to hang them. Then, lay the pants the opposite way in the suitcase with the top parts of the waist touching the right sleeve edge and side of the suitcase.

4. Flip the coat bottom half up over the pants. Fold it carefully in half, and avoid adding extra wrinkles. The coat should now be completely inside the suitcase, and half your pants still haing out the side.

5. Bring the bottom half of the suit pants up over the top of the coat, and fold them to lay flat on top the suit coat.

Tips & Warnings

• The suit coat and pants cushion each other to avoid added wrinkles.
• Always take your suit out of the suitcase, and hang it up immediately when arriving at your destination. Steam in the shower at the hotel to remove any minor wrinkles.
• If you wear a skirt, instead of pants, with a suit, put it in the middle like you did with the pants. Fold it over the suit coat the same way you did with the pants.