Storing suits

[Fishbone]

Hello everyone, I am wondering what you would recommend for storing suits longterm if you cannot hang them up. I plan on putting my suits in a box for 15 months as I will be going away for a while. The suits are made of 100%wool, natural fabrics.

How should I fold them? how tight should it be? What should I watch out for? How big should the box be? Should I use moth balls? Plastic bags?

 

[SZNettles]

Hello everyone, I am wondering what you would recommend for storing suits longterm if you cannot hang them up. I plan on putting my suits in a box for 15 months as I will be going away for a while. The suits are made of 100%wool, natural fabrics.

How should I fold them? how tight should it be? What should I watch out for? How big should the box be? Should I use moth balls? Plastic bags?

You can buy boxes that are made to hang suits.

 

[breakaway01]

In the US these are usually called wardrobe boxes. They come with a hang bar that rests on the top of sidewalls of the box.

 

[once a day]

can't recommend you to fold a suit for that long, especially if it's a canvas suit. We carefully fold them when shipping to clients, but we use Express service so they don't remain folded for more than 2-4 days.

 

[JJ Katz]

If you absolutely CANNOT hang them, at least do the following:
> they should be cleaned and you should include moth killing apparatus unless you are 100% sure the box is air-tight. Add it anyway.
> the box(es) should be large enough that you can lay the suit flat without any folding.
> insert a hanger anyway and cover each suit with a plastic dry cleaner's 'bag'
> lay the suits in alternating direction, so the 'thicker' top end alternates.

Good luck.

 

[brax]

Check with an upscale dry cleaner in your area. Mine lets me store stuff seasonally and permanently (e.g.,wife's wedding dress).

 

[Fishbone]

Thank you for all of your replies:
What if you store the suits inside a suitbag or briefcase, of course loosely packed??????? Can my suits last 15 months in storage? If I dry-clean them before hand and put loads of mothballs inside the bag.

My collection is:
10 suits \\\\fully canvased, fabrics using 100% non-synthetic material
4 suits \\\\ Glued or Half-canvased, mix fabrics using over 60% non-synthetic material with polyester, nylon ect.