[WONGSTER]

I only wear Hugo Boss suits. I love the look and the fit of their suits; however, I have found that the sleeves of the suits tend to wrinkle after a long day of wear.

Why does this occur? Can it be corrected? Does this wrinkling effect occur on all suits? Or their some suits that are better wrinkle resistant than others, if so which ones?

Thanks,

Wongster

 

[ToryBoy]

During the day, are you driving, sitting down for most of the day, etc. If I am driving and wearing a suit, I take the jacket off and I avoid sitting on the tubes on the way to work?

You need to iron the sleeves of suit jacket, ideally with a steam iron but a normal iron will work. When ironing, also use a handkerchief in between the area you are planning to iron and the iron itself.

 

[Matt S]

Wrinkle resistance depends on the cloth. The higher the super number the more it will wrinkle. Super 150's will wrinkle more than super 100's. Lighter weight fabrics also wrinkle more than heavier ones.

 

[WONGSTER]

I generally sit in meetings all day. I do steam my sleeves to reduce the number of wrinkles at the end of the day. I would like to find Hugo Boss fitted/designed suits that do not wrinkle very often.

 

[Bog]

You may want to find a manufacturer (not a designer like Hugo Boss) that uses a better quality, thicker, fabric.

 

[WONGSTER]

What type of manufacturers would you suggest?

 

[ToryBoy]

What type of manufacturers would you suggest?

I do not think you should change your suits now; however, next time you purchase your suits get something in super 100's wool or even high 80's and 90's.

You could go to a suit company that has a made-to-measure programme, although there are companies who offer super 100's in ready-to-wear suits.

 

[dfloyd]

Your problem probably lies in the material of the suits ...

Many times in rtw suits, the manufacturer does not specify the cloth. The highest super number you should buy is a super 120. If you are wearing your jacket all day, You should probably get a super 100. These, of course, are wool suits. A linen suit will start to wrinkle as soon as you take it out of the closet and look at it.

You'll probably have to give up Hugo Boss to solve the problem. Check with the store where you bought the suits to find out what they are made of. This is a tricky problem since some manufacturers have a blend of wool and some other fabric, such as cashmere. While the cashmere helps with the drape, it can cause excessive wrinkles. Unless Boss changes the fabric it uses, this problem will probably not go away.

 

[Cary Grant]

You may want to find a manufacturer (not a designer like Hugo Boss) that uses a better quality, thicker, fabric.

Thicker is not a sign of "better quality" it's just "thicker". As already pointed out, it's the fineness/softness of the wool that makes it prone to wrinkle.

 

[WONGSTER]

Thanks for the great comments. What brand/label of suit do most of you wear?

 

[Vita Su Misura]

As much as I hate wrinkling, to some degree it is part of the nature of fabric. I'm not a die-hard fan of wrinkle-free anything, but the "Traveller Micronsphere" fabrics from Zegna work unbelievably well. Wools are very high-twist and fabric is treated to be stain-resistant. My standard blue blazer is Traveller Micronsphere and it has served me well.

Audrey Talbott once told me, "He who has the most wrinkles often has the most means..."

Though I'm pretty sure she was talking about the cool cats who live a life in boardroom suits and retire into a world of year-round linen, nevertheless I took it to mean one shouldn't get overly obsessed with appearing wrinkle-free 100% of the time.

 

[WONGSTER]

Thanks for the advice on the Zegna traveller micronsphere suit and your comments on wrinkled suits. It does give me another viewpoint on the topic. I always like to appear very professional during my business meetings and thus, I hate see wrinkles appear on my suits (sleeves) as I think that it makes me appear messy and disheveled.

 

[FlatSix]

One way to avoid wrinkles entirely, should the rules of your workplace permit it:

A solidly-made camel-hair sportcoat is almost impossible to wrinkle, and it is possible to obtain one in black. I have an HSM black camelhair sportcoat that wouldn't wrinkle if I crumpled it into a ball and rolled it down a hill.

As others have said, a heavier fabric is your friend here, and that can be obtained from many sources. The green-label "Lauren" stuff can be found with a "Made In Canada: label and some fairly thick, durable fabrics.

 

[PJC in NoVa]

"Accordion" wrinkles where the elbows bend are normal. I steam them out with a Jiffy steamer in the evening.

The wrinkles are usually worse in the summer, when it's hot and humid.

If I'm going to a function after work, I hang the jacket up to avoid sitting in it all day and having it look rumpled in back as well as on the sleeves.

Thicker fabrics might be of some help in fighting the rumpled look, but I find that even my tweed jackets will show some sleeve wrinkling at the end of a winter workday.

 

[a tailor]

its simple just dont bend your arms.
wrinkles are a fact of life. the above suggestions are all good.

if you order a m2m or custom suit, do not have narrow tapered sleeves that just invites more wrinkles. the same goes for tapered trousers.

 

[WONGSTER]

Thanks for all of the great comments.....

 

[Blueboy1938]

All steamed up!

Just get yourself a hand steamer. Rowenta makes good ones. Better yet get two and keep one in the office, so that you can freshen up before going out for the after work scene:icon_smile_big: