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Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:11 pm to
Posted by tylerlsu2008
Monaco
Member since Jul 2015
1521 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:11 pm to
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Wow, people still wear suits for a work meeting? I'm loving my job even more.


Assume only your Walmart vest is required?
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14539 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:15 pm to
Sometimes I would hang my suit in the bathroom and turn the shower on as hot as possible for 5 minutes. Then touch up with an iron. Most hotels either had one in the room or several available with a call to the desk or a request at check in.
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
3871 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:19 pm to
My suits and shirts were exclusively Traveler's from Jos. A. Bank (I think they were bought out by Men's Wearhouse) for years, simply because once a week they were on a plane going somewhere.

They were packed, bi folded in a suitcase with plastic wrapped individually, and I learned how to fold my shirts like they were when I bought them.

As soon as I got to the hotel, I would take them out and hang them up in the bathroom and turn the hot water on in the shower. After a few hours there were no wrinkles in them.
Posted by PikesPeak
The Penalty Box
Member since Apr 2022
971 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:28 pm to
A trick my dad taught me is to put a paper towel down on your suit jacket in the hotel and iron it that way to release some wrinkles from travel. Works like a charm
Posted by TrigSwig
Member since May 2024
331 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:33 pm to
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Assume only your Walmart vest is required?


Nah, I have a real job....one in which I do not have to put on a car salesman suit and prove that I am worth something to my co-workers.
Posted by R11
Member since Aug 2017
5289 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:38 pm to
They’ll let you hang it up i front of first class
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40736 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:42 pm to
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Nah, I have a real job....one in which I do not have to put on a car salesman suit and prove that I am worth something to my co-workers.


You never go to meetings with clients where a suit is normal attire? I’ve had clients where you can’t enter their building without a tie.
Posted by GeauxTigers123
Member since Feb 2007
3425 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:53 pm to
I pack mine in a travel garment bag (not the cheap ones from the suit store). The flight attendant will hang it up for you on the front. Just don’t forget it.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
10438 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 3:08 pm to
Used to business travel a lot, and learned the hard way to have critical business clothing in carry on luggage, because a bag will get lost.
This post was edited on 7/28/24 at 4:57 pm
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
16245 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 3:27 pm to
I used to just travel with a bottle of this:

LINK

Just hang up your clothes in hotel room. Give the wrinkles a spray. Then go get shitfaced at the bar. In minutes, the wrinkles will be gone.
Posted by DamnGood86
Member since Aug 2019
1266 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 4:11 pm to
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.....put in a dry clean plastic bag.

This is what I do; works perfectly. Bag everything separately and the slickness of the dry cleaning bag keeps wrinkles out.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15059 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 4:16 pm to
What happened to your Gulfstream?
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 4:27 pm to
Portable steamer for the win. Also, anyone with half a brain that knows you're traveling won't give a shite about the odd wrinkle.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61157 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 4:36 pm to
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Turn the shower up hot, hang your clothes on the towel rack, close the door, come back in 15 minutes.
had a buddy do this at a meeting. He got in cranked the hot water and hung his clothes and we all left for a client dinner.


Hours later he came back and heard the water running. Opened the door and the entire plaster ceiling or whatever it was was on his floor. Just a damn mess


But he traveled for 35 years and that is how he kept his clothes wrinkle free
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
14640 posts
Posted on 7/28/24 at 4:59 pm to
At least the Japanese are smart enough to have summer dress policies that permit skipping the tie. My first time back for biz I sweat through both shirt collars, the tie, and the jacket on the way to the office.

Beware about travel/non iron clothing. It can be labeled "Traveler" but have a super tight weave, which makes it miserable for wear in the South. Unlined suits, loose weaves, are the way to go. I like the Havana collection from SuitSupply.
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