You Don't Need a Travel Suit. You Need the Fold.

Van Heusen just put out a travel suit, wrinkle-resistant Australian wool, four-way stretch, and it packs into a bag about the size of a laptop. It is a nice idea. But you do not need a special suit to travel. You need to know how to fold the suit you already own.

I have been folding suits for travel for four generations. My father taught me, his father taught him, and I have been showing it on my YouTube channel for years. It is the most watched thing I have ever put on there, and for a reason. A man who travels for work does not have time to hunt for a steamer at midnight, and he does not want to pay to press a suit every time he lands. He wants to open the bag, shake the jacket out, and put it on.

The fold is simple, but it has to be right. Fold the jacket wrong and no fabric in the world will save it, not even a wrinkle-resistant blend. Fold it right, and even an ordinary wool suit will come out of the bag looking pressed. That is the whole trick, and it works on any suit, not just one sold as a travel suit.

Good wool helps, of course. Wool wants to bounce back, and a blend with stretch in it will forgive a long flight in a middle seat. But the cloth is the second thing, not the first. The first thing is the fold.

So save your money on the special suit. Learn the fold once, and every suit you own becomes a travel suit. I show it on my YouTube channel, the same way my family has done it for four generations. Here is the video: How To Fold A Jacket For Luggage and Travel No Wrinkles Proven