How to Keep Your Wedding Suit Fresh and Wrinkle-Free During Fall and Winter Months

Explore strategies to keep your wedding suit fresh and wrinkle-free during Fall and Winter seasons and even beyond. Your wedding suit is a valuable treasure you should preserve well.

Your wedding suit is a priceless memento of one of the happiest days of your life; an unwritten memoir of love you can't afford to discard. It’s impossible to deny that familiar feeling of tenderness while you gaze time and again at your wedding suit, fresh and wrinkle-free, in your wardrobe. That feeling heightens - even bothers on the magical - if your wedding ceremony took place while glistening snow is in sight. A cool and refreshing experience indeed. It feels so sacred that it’s just enough to leave it untouched for a while. But nothing stops you from preserving and reusing your wedding suit for other special occasions. So it’s vital for you to learn how to keep your wedding suit looking spotless and in good form both before and after your wedding day. Your suits are costly investments that need tender maintenance, the most celebrated occupants of your wardrobe for that matter.

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But meanwhile, we will delve into precious insights and tips to help you keep your wedding suit fresh and wrinkle-free during fall and winter months and for much longer. Regardless of the season though, you should be able to preserve and probably reuse your wedding suit without letting it lose its structure, purity, or charm. Because your wedding suit (just like every other suit) looks its best when it stays fresh-looking and without creases.

What Can Cause Wrinkles on Your Wedding Suit?

Wrinkles on your suit are often the evidence of frequent, prolonged, or vigorous usage of the suit. Especially as you move around, sit and flex; because your motions unavoidably transfer pressure and heat into the suit. The fabric will surely compress and stretch in repeating tides. Another way of introducing stress into your suit is when you overload your pockets with items that stretch the fabric.

But creases may form even without wearing your suit - while in transit, during storage, or due to careless handling. For instance, if you pack your wedding suit or some other suit too tightly in a storage space or wardrobe. Or perhaps you did not hang the suit properly, which can distort its structure as well. The quality of the fabric is another strong factor that can either promote or slow down the forming of creases on your wedding suit. Non-breathable or poor quality fabrics tend to trap moisture, which can lead to the forming of wrinkles.

But you cannot guarantee that your suits will never wrinkle or need touchups to stay fresh. Which leads to the necessity of keeping your suit as clean as possible, especially your treasured wedding suit; and removing creases when they form. Truth be told, leaving your suits untended to or ignoring the wrinkles will tamper with its longevity. Wrinkles can stress out the fabric’s fibres and weaken the garment over time. A wrinkled suit does not look sharp or neat either; it serves the opposite of its professional or sophisticated function and poise. The creases tarnish the structured look or tailored fit and demean its appearance.

Let’s do a stage-by-stage breakdown of how to cater for your wedding suit during fall and winter months and beyond. The same procedure very well applies to your other suits in and out of every season. They are timeless tricks for extending the lifespan of your esteemed wardrobe and its honorable members.

Choose the Right Fabric for the Season

Wedding suits designed for fall and winter weddings should guarantee warmth and comfort, while satisfying the need to stay fresh and wrinkle-free as well.

The highly recommended fabrics for a wedding suit intended for autumn and winter are wool, wool blends, flannel, velvet, and cashmere. By nature, these fabrics trap heat and are smooth on the surface, rendering them comfortable to the skin.

Wool is notable for its elastic, self-maintaining, and wrinkle-resistant features. While velvet is thick, soft, and soothing, which also assures you of warmth. Wool blends will serve you well for warmth, durability, and wrinkle-free ability, as opposed to many purely synthetic fabrics that fail the test. But some synthetic blends like rayon and polyester can also resist creases and last long. If subduing wrinkles is a challenge, these fabrics are far better at beating them than linen or cotton.

Immediate Care Steps Before and After Wearing Your Wedding Suit

What care tips can keep those unwanted creases away from your wedding suit as you prepare to wear it? Try out the following.

Apply a fine mist of wrinkle-release spray on the surface of the suit to quickly remove wrinkles. You can do this at any time, when the suit is not in use.

Run your hands gently over the fabric to smooth out creases, particularly on the frontal areas and your pants.

Allow the suit to air out and dry well before you wear it. Never wear it while it feels damp, or it will bring back wrinkles.

Remove dust, lint, hair, or anything clinging to your suit by gliding a suit brush over the surface. Move in gentle, downward strokes.

Your natural body heat can mellow the wrinkles a bit. So you can wear the suit for a short while to keep it smooth.

Move around naturally in the suit, don't overstress the fabric. These gentle movements will loosen the creases and help the suit to settle well on your body frame.

While Wearing Your Wedding Suit

While you are still in your wedding suit or any other one for that matter, watch how you handle it. Put your hands to work time and again - smoothen out any slight creases that form around the chest area, sleeves, and crooks of your pants. Smoothen out your suit before sitting and when you stand, both the jacket and pants.

Again, sitting for a prolonged period in the same spot can leave deep wrinkles in your suit; crossing your legs will reinforce it. To lessen the pressure on your suit fabric, move and adjust your body positions time and again. And if you cannot avoid sitting for long, shield your pants under the laps with a neat handkerchief or napkin to reduce wrinkles.

More Critical Care Steps for Your Wedding Suit

You must plan long-term for the preservation of your wedding suit and its compatriots. Follow the recommendations below for a quick guide.

Proper Storage

Do this at any time before you wear your wedding suit (or any other suit), and in the moments following when you remove it. Hang it properly on a broad-shouldered, padded or wooden suit hanger (preferably cedar) to preserve its structure and shape. Allow it to stay aired out or ‘breathe’ in a cool, well-ventilated place for a minimum of 24 hours. This should dissipate any heat and moisture trapped in the suit.

Thereafter, you can use a breathable garment bag to wrap and store away your suit in an uncrowded closet or wardrobe. A breathable bag works by allowing quality airflow around the suit, while keeping out the effects of dust and light exposure. Otherwise the suit risks losing its colour and shine over time. Avoid the use of plastic garment bags because they trap moisture; and so they are not as effective. Moisture is a big risk factor to the suit fabric - it weakens the fabric and can cause more creases.

Mark the phrase ‘uncrowded closet’ - there should be free space around the suit. Should your wardrobe or closet get stuffy or cramped up with garments, you will defeat the purpose and wrinkles will form. So space out your suits.

Again, we recommend you use wardrobe fresheners to keep your wedding suit and its compatriots smelling fresh. But never spray perfumes or essential oils directly on the suit's fabric. A cheaper but effective alternative is to drop moth balls, silica gel packets, or cedar chips in the garment bag, wardrobe, and/or storage box as the case may be. The moth balls or cedar chips are powerful enough to keep insects away from your garments.

Don't forget to check the condition of your wedding suit time and again to find out if it needs special attention. It could be a loose button, loose threads, a tear that needs attention, or a stain. Get an expert tailor to handle any tear or loose details; and remove stains as quickly as possible. You can read up our trusted guide on Quick No-Wash Hacks to Remove Stains from Your Suit to help you out.

Steaming Versus Ironing

The debate on choosing between steaming and ironing to straighten out your clothes is a short one. The most effective and yet delicate way to remove wrinkles from your suit without harming the fabric is by steaming.

Hold a garment steamer about 6 inches away from the surface of the suit, and move slowly downwards to apply the steam. Steaming your suit after every wear ensures it stays fresh and wrinkle-free for as long as possible. It also prevents that shiny, overpressed appearance due to ironing - an evidence of too much heat and likely damage to the fabric. Steaming is much preferred when dealing with delicate fabrics like wool.

In the absence of a garment steamer, another trick is to allow steam to work on your suit while you take a hot shower. Hang your suit in the bathroom, and let the steam relax out the wrinkles. But you must watch out to prevent water from splashing on the suit.

How to Safely Use a Pressing Iron

While we don't recommend ironing, there are simple hacks you can apply to sidestep the excess heat and possible damage from using a pressing iron.

If you wish to try out an iron, set it to a low or medium heat. You can always check your wedding suit’s care label to know the safe temperature for ironing that particular fabric. Before you commence, place a clean damp towel or pressing cloth on the suit to shield it from direct heat. Then move or press the iron in gentle, light motions, especially on the wrinkled areas.

When to Dry Clean Your Wedding Suit

After the wedding festivities are over, you should invite a professional dry cleaner to clean your wedding suit before storing it away.

Again, when your attempt to remove stubborn wrinkles from your wedding suit does not work, it is best to hand it over to an expert dry cleaner.

But note that too much dry cleaning can harm the delicate fabric of any suit. So it should be done once in about three to four months; or only when the need arises.

As We Wrap Up

Your wedding suit is a trophy suit, a reminder of one of the happiest days of your life. It should be kept clean, fresh and wrinkle-free both before and after the celebrations are over.

If you used (or plan to use) your wedding suit during the fall and winter months, ensure the fabric is warm and of high-quality - wool, velvet, and cashmere are great choices. We also recommend you use a padded hanger, wrinkle-release spray, steaming, breathable garment bag, and wardrobe fresheners to keep the creases and dirt out of your suit and lengthen its lifespan. Only approach an experienced dry cleaner as a last resort to maintain the pristine quality of your wedding suit (and other suits).

We hope you have gained meaningful insights about caring for your wedding suit during the cold seasons in this article. Do you have any suggestions or comments to contribute? Please feel free to share them with us.

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