We had a couple friends over and my husband brings the bag of garments into the kitchen asking me what to do. I had vacillated between giving them to my mom and returning them because that shit is expensive and they were all unopened.
I quickly answered “just toss them in the garbage.” He was surprised for half a second, but then we all laughed and drank our heathen drinks.
It felt so good and right and normal. Old underwear you don’t wear? Obviously just trash it! No need to keep in for literal years wondering what to do with it. No need to cut it up into pieces and burn them. 🙄
Hi everyone! We officially got married at the courthouse yesterday, which was pretty casual and fun and perfect. We're planning to go overseas next month to play dress-up and have our honeymoon. My dress is an A-line, no crinoline and he is bringing a standard suit. I figure our best bet would be to put them together in a garment bag. Does anyone have any recs for a great garment bag which can hold both?
Thank you!
I know that not many are traveling now, and those are probably aren’t wearing suits/sportcoats.
We do, though, and my rolling garment bags wheels have died.
I have a travelpro suitcase that I love, but their rolling garment bags are a bit more expensive. Thoughts?
I have a couple very nice vintage coats I've managed to keep in perfect condition for many years only wearing occasionally. I've been lucky so far- no moth infestations etc but they are just in my closet. I'd like them to be better protected just in case.
My wedding dress is being cleaned at the moment after eloping and I'm about to have to decide whether I should spend an extra $200 having it preserved in an archival box with museum quality paper, etc or if a good quality cotton garment bag (the same one my dress came in) will do to keep it from yellowing in the next 10-20 years?
Seems like the opinion is kind of split when I read about it. I'm guessing the box is ultimately the better choice for the best chance at preservation but:
- I will probably want to take it out and put it on again for an anniversary or just for fun
- I should technically have it cleaned again after each time I wear or touch it so that's more $$
- I don't plan on passing it down to my kids or anything - it's more just for my own memories
- What's the point of keeping the dress if I don't wear/touch/look at it to its fullest while I have it instead of being afraid to ruin it ...right?
Does anyone have experience with either option? How fast will a dress degrade in a garment bag? My dress is entirely tulle & floral appliques in a soft white colour with a blush lining (in my post history), if the material matters.
I have a cheap garment duffel bag. I was using the ever popular cheap from amazon Modoker bag.
The bag is light. The bag is well thought out. The bag carries well. I typically don't like when things look cheap, but this thing was so useful I didn't mind. But it is made cheaply. The zippers are awful. Well, this past weekend the bag failed, at the zippers, catastrophically. The bag is done. I was lucky that the failure occurred in my hotel home the morning of my drive home, so I just balled my stuff up in the arms and dumped it in my car trunk. Fail me once, shame on the maker, If I buy it again, it will fail again and I will be the fool.
Replacement must have a capacity to take clothes on hangers. It must have separate compartment for shoes. I lean towards nylon or similar to keep weight low.
Any ideas for replacement? Budget is wide open.
My bag came zip tied so tightly I could barely cut the zip tie off the zippers to open the bag. And the shipping label looked like it was done on Microsoft word. Has anyone else received a weird shipment like this?
