How to Fold Dress Pants

Folding dress pants instead of hanging them on a hanger is necessary from time to time. If you are traveling and you need to fold your dress pants instead of hanging them, this can be done in a way that will minimize wrinkles. Learn how to fold dress pants so that you can have fewer wrinkles when you unfold them.Taking an extra moment or two in the folding process will pay off in the long run with fewer wrinkles when you unfold your dress pants.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Dress Pants

1. Hold the pants by the waistband and fasten the closure and zip the zipper.

2. Position both hands on the front of the waistband approximately 3 inches out from the closure on each side (many dress pants will have a pleat or a belt loop here). Fold the pants in half by the waistband at this spot.

3. Grasp the folded pants by the waistband and hold them up so that the pant legs hang down freely.

4. Find the front pleats as you are holding the pants with the legs hanging freely down. Line up the pleats together. If you are not able to find front pleats, you can settle for lining the pant legs up together by making sure that the bottom edges are lined up and the pant legs are neatly arranged.

5. Lay the lined up and folded dress pants down flat on a work surface. At this point the dress pants are folded in half so that you should see one entire leg of the dress pants. Make sure that the dress pants are neatly lined up on your work surface.

6. Fold the dress pants in half again, from top to bottom, at the mid point of the pants legs. Arrange the fold so that it is neat. Have the waistband of the pants facing up.

7. Fold the dress pants in half one more time so that the legs of the dress pants are inside the fold. The waistband should be facing up as you are looking down on the folded dress pants. The bottom edge of the legs of the dress pants will be folded inside the folded pants.

8. Arrange the dress pants so that the folds are neat and crisp.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are packing these folded dress pants away for traveling, take them out of your luggage and hang them as soon as possible after your arrival to allow any wrinkles to fall out.