How to Fold Dress Slacks

Video Transcript

"Hi, Melody, again, trying to do a little bit of folding on behalf of Expert Village. We're going to fold a pair of man's dress trousers. Okay. First thing I would do is go to the front and hook them, or zip them if you want to. Right where the, these have belt loops, some of the pants don't have belt loops. We're going to fold that together right about where the belt loops are though on this particular pair. And, we're going to let them drop down. And, I'm holding it at that section. What I'm looking for is where, is the pleat in the front. Usually there's a little point here that's been made on your trousers. There we go. I've got that. If you don't find one, just try and line up the seams and see if you can get the seams lined up. Just some way to have a straight angle so that the pants have an easy way to just fold in a natural way rather than in a difficult way. So, anyway, that's what I do. I grab that and I try and flatten it out. So, you find your crease, and flatten them out. And, typically, if they were going to be on a hanger, there would be a marking approximately right there. I like to make it a little bit more level. If you did it level on a hanger, sometimes they fall off because the top's too heavy. Okay. Now, because there's so much going on up here, you can fold it into itself that way, but then, what you've got on the back side are two little legs flopping around, so what I do is put the legs on the inside. And, there you go. Now, if you're going somewhere and these pants need to be worn, I would suggest taking them out of the bag, if they were going to be in a bag, or if you're going to wear them. And let them straight. Let them be straight for a while either laying or hanging so that they don't have creases in them. In our next segment, I'll be showing you how to fold another piece of clothing. "