Dry Cleaning/ Steaming wool suits

[ldanny]

I have a wool suit from Banana Republic that I steamed at home but it got a weird wrinkling and wave to the fabric. So i decided to take it to the dry cleaners to have it clean and pressed.

When I got the suit back, it was even worst. The fabric looked like Seersucker. My questions is what happened? And how do I avoid this with my other suits?

Thanks

 

[double00]

It's ridiculous to ask such general questions and expect any kind of specific answer without giving hardly any info.

Do you have any photos?
Did you ask the dry cleaners?
What does the care tag read?
etc.
Are your other suits Banana Republic? Are they wool?
etc etc.

Good luck bro.

 

[Murlsquirl]



I have a wool suit from Banana Republic that I steamed at home but it got a weird wrinkling and wave to the fabric. So i decided to take it to the dry cleaners to have it clean and pressed.

When I got the suit back, it was even worst. The fabric looked like Seersucker. My questions is what happened? And how do I avoid this with my other suits?

Thanks

Your suit is "fused" and eventually, it was bound to happen. If you want to educate yourself a bit, read this:

http://www.styleforum.net/a/the-difference-between-fused-and-canvassed-suits-explained

 

[ldanny]

Thanks.. but it is always my pants..

 

[double00]

Thanks.. but it is always my pants..

So, pics etc... otherwise yer gonna get hip-shot answers that don't help anybody.

 

[ldanny]

I didn't even think about posting pictures. Here they are. Thanks

 

[double00]

So I see 2 things: puckering at the seams and then also "up and down" the fabric at random spots. the reason for this is that you've got a cheap-ass suit made of cheap-ass fabric assembled by cheap-ass people. something is flat our wrong with the fabric, I'm guessing the warp wasn't sized properly, so when it's introduced to heat and moisture of steaming the imperfections show as the yarnS relax.

As far as the dry cleaning, even tho there is no water per se there is heat and agitation, so it's possible that the relaxation process continued and then when they pressed it it became really obvious and horrible. the seams will show the worst b/c the seam thread is also tensioned differently than the warp yarns.

Yer suit is obviously well-fucked. I try to stick to good fabrics and makers from italy, uk, usa. I don't steam my suits. I just hang em. I try not to dry clean em too often, like every 3-6 Mos depending. I assume that as a suit breaks in some small settling and puckering is inevitable...

As for yer other suits, I dunno but if that br is recent and you bought retail I'd return it as defective - taking care of yer stuff shouldn't ruin yer stuff. And murl is right fused suits will pucker in the long run.

 

[ldanny]

Ya.. it sucks. This BR suit is actually part of their Monogram line with Italian fabric. It is outside of their return window and I had it tailored already. I think I am just f*cked. I have another suit that I'm don't know what to do now.

 

[ldanny]

I have another monogram BR suit.. should I get it pressed and not dry cleaned?