Comments: As a nice clothing neophyte
Lots. When I wore a suit daily, I would wear
a particular suit for 3 8-hour days before
dry-cleaning it, and I think in retrospect I
cleaned them more than was necessary.
For half-hour interviews, eyeballing the wrinkles
and other accumulation, and dry-cleaning when either
gets higher than you like to see on the suit,
should be acceptable.
http://www.markpaschltd.com/docs/tips.html
"The need for weekly dry cleaning is a myth promoted by the dry cleaning industry. The truth is, you can wear a suit several times, over a few months, without sending it to the cleaners. Just let it hang out in your closet. The wrinkles will disappear and so will the cleaning bills."
-Richard.
Posted by Richard Campbell at February 18, 2004 06:39 PM
What? You're supposed to dry clean suits? ;-)
If you wear short sleeves instead of sleeveless shells, the armpits will not get so stinky (unless you sweat a lot). My rule is, it's clean until (a) I spill tomato sauce on it or (b) can smell it while I'm putting it on.
Posted by Tami at February 18, 2004 07:31 PM
I believe the official rule is that you clean your suit after six wearings. However, that rule was made up by the same people that brought us dessert spoons and the rule that you must drink tea with your pinky not touching the cup, so take it for what it's worth...
Posted by Adam at February 19, 2004 08:27 AM
If you don't pour or drink anything in it, they last a long time.
You can just dry clean the jacket because the pants don't get sweaty
Posted by Florence at February 24, 2004 12:56 PM