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What does a bad fused suit (bubbling) look like?

scobell

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I just had my made-to-measure suit delivered to my door.

After leaving it in the shower room for the steam to take away the wrinkles, this happened to the front of the suit.

Any idea what might have caused this bubbling in the fabric and in that location? (fused garment, bad quality fabric, improper handling from my part a.k.a. steam)

Thank you for your comments.

 

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This is from steaming. Suits should be pressed, not steamed.
 

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Jefferyd,

Were you the one who posted other problems caused by steaming, even in canvassed clothing and in trousers as well as jackets? This might be a good place to discuss this.
 

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I heard shower room steaming is not really good for jackets. Especially the fused ones..
 

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I don't have the expertise to carry on.

I was hoping you or another expert would explain. As I recall from earlier discussions, when a suit is made the ironing is an integral part of the construction. Simply steaming the suit destroys the considerable amount of tailoring involved in how it is pressed, and how that interacts with the sewing, fit of shoulders and back, etc. It might get rid of some wrinkles (don't know, never tried), but the damage done would require the attention of a tailor to set it right. Pressing, at least when done by people who know what they are doing, avoids these problems. But it is apparently also possible to ruin your fit and drape by incompetent pressing.

Jeffreyd gave pointers on how to touch up a suit in this thread

http://www.styleforum.net/t/88504/guide-to-touching-up-your-suit-without-wrecking-it

This was another that featured a discussion of how suits are made, which explained why bad pressing or steaming at all would undo what they tailor had done.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?97814-Suit-Wrinkle-Advice

A video from Anderson and Sheppard on pressing a coat. This is a guy who does this for a living, uses an assortment of surfaces, cloths, and brushes. He suggests being sparing in pressing, and recommends returning the suit to the tailor when it really does need to be pressed.

http://www.anderson-sheppard.co.uk/cloth-craft/films.html

Even before reading all this, I have left well enough alone. The suits really don't seem to wrinkle much, and they smooth out just being hung to recover. This works fine for travel. Now, knowing a little bit more, I am sure I don't know enough not to ruin a suit if I were to try steaming or ironing. I don't have any expensive bespoke Saville Row suits, so shipping my suits off to a tailor for pressing would be crazy. So I let them hang.
 
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This is from steaming. Suits should be pressed, not steamed.


What about shirts? I have put them on a hanger in the bathroom steam to smooth creases out, and I have even considered buying a washing machine with a steam function. Are there any negative effects from steam on shirts?
 

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I just had my made-to-measure suit delivered to my door.

After leaving it in the shower room for the steam to take away the wrinkles, this happened to the front of the suit.

Any idea what might have caused this bubbling in the fabric and in that location? (fused garment, bad quality fabric, improper handling from my part a.k.a. steam)

Thank you for your comments.

I never heard of steaming a suit, it's always pressed with those large cloth commercial pressers.Getting a wool jacket damp And hot in a shower will pucker the fabric.Just hang wool and wrinkles come out.
 

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