The first thing to remember is that darker colours such as grey, black and navy will not have to be cleaned as often as lighter shades such as cream, white and light grey. The one disadvantage of the darker shaded suits is that they gather much more dust than lighter colours. The best way to tackle dusty suits is to buy a good clothes brush from your tailor, suit shop or dry cleaner. Many dry cleaners often tell their clients that dry cleaning suits is good for them and that it does not damage the suit. This is not true; if you dry clean your suit too often the fabric will deteriorate and it will ruin the look of your suit as it will look old and shabby. Dry cleaning to often may also shrink the trousers of your suit.
The best way to clean a suit is by using a pressing machine to steam press your clothes, you can buy a very good pressing machine for around €150. By using a pressing machine instead of using the dry cleaners all the time you can save yourself a lot of money as each time you go to the dry cleaners it will cost you at least €20. Pressing machines are a very handy bit of machinery to have around the house as they can be used for your shirts too.
When you are hanging up your suit you must use a hanger. Most people think hanging a suit jacket on the back of a chair is perfectly okay but it is not. Hanging on the back of a chair doesn't support the natural fall of a suit and it will lead to wrinkle and crease marks that will eventually damage the fibres of the suit fabric material. When you are travelling and you need to bring your suit you must use a special suit travelling bag that can be bought from your suit shop. If you fail to use a proper travel bag it will damage the longevity of the suit. It is also a good idea to buy a second pair of trousers when you are buying your suit as a lot of people have found that a suit trousers will wear a lot faster than the jacket and by buying a second pair your will expand the time span that your suit will last.
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