How do you guys store your coats?
Warmer weather ahead
Wondering the best way to store my coats, I have some cotton and cotton canvas jackets that I'll likely take into spring, I have a poly jacket, and the rest are wool or wool blend
At the same time I'm wondering if it's okay to just hang in my closet all year or get a separate coat rack to put in my room
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studio apartment living means big coats for snow & freeze get cleaned, vacuum sealed, and stored, and wool gets cleaned, hung up (folded over the hanger bar, not by the yoke), and bagged in the back of the closet
Vacuum sealing actually sounds like a good idea
I usually hang mine up and put them all the way in the back of my closet
do you have a pic of what you mean by folded over the hanger bar
but a coat
i put mine on a hanger, zip it up or button it if i can be bothered and that’s about it
Garment bagged? Or plastic is fine?
How are you cleaning both? Assuming dry cleaning I guess
the garment bags that go over hangers yeah. Dry clean if it's like dirty or smelly, otherwise I hand wash or spot clean.
There are options at a dry cleaner besides a chemical clean, such as a steam and press for tailoring
Assuming I have the space, is there any downside to just keeping them hanging on a clothes rack over the summer or should I make some attempt to bag them up
Not to hijack but I have a related question—if you vacuum seal wool stuff or will that damage it?
Here's what I've seen re the arguments of storing wool in vacuum sealed bags.
1. "Wool needs to breathe / do moisture exchange, so vacuum is bad." I don't think I believe this one because wool is a relatively inert material, and vacuum sealing shouldn't have that significant of an affect on desiccating the material it holds.
2. "Vacuum sealing crushes / damages the fibers, so vacuum is bad." This I believe, though I think based off what I read, I don't believe it to be permanent damage. I've seen it suggested that it takes just as much time for a wool garment to uncompress as it's sat in the bag, though I don't quite understand why that would be. But it would be annoying to wait for it to get back to shape.
So with all that being said, I'd rather not take the chance here and just store it in an airtight bin instead.
yeah that makes sense. I just worry abt getting moth holes but if you can get it airtight you dont need to worry i guess
what's the point of folding it over like pants? just curious
My wool coats are heavy and long, I don't like hanging them for extended periods of time because id rather them keep their shape and not be dangling down over a bunch of other stuff
what's the worst that could happen if i just keep my coats out in my room
like on the floor or in the cuck chair or what
literally was thinking of buying something like this and putting in my room for my coats
i live with my parents and have a whole house to put shit in but we have a dog and it's shedding like crazy 24/7 all year round so the house is a mess
there's probably no harm in it. like i said, i store my shit the way i do because im in a studio. if u got the space go wild
Def no harm, I've vac packed all my stuff to put it away for the season for years. The only annoyance is retrieving stuff and getting the wrinkles out.