A friend sent me this unattributed scan, the first drawing I can recall seeing about one of the small secrets of Savile Row. And that is the Savile Row fold for trousers which, until the felted hanger bar, was probably the best way to keep one's trousers from falling off the hanger.
The fold was important as suit hangers with locking trouser bars never worked worth a fig for me. I would get to my hotel and find my trousers inevitably puddled in the bottom of their suit bag. Even a little movement in the closet was sometimes enough to send them to the floor, and if the trousers did stay in place it was because the locking bar was putting a crease in them.
The best solution of course are wooden suit hangers with felted trouser bars. Everything remains in place, without the need for a Savile Row fold. But the fold is the next best thing.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Maintenance: Hanging Trousers
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Hey Will, for your info: the scan is from Esquire's "The Handbook Of Style".
regards
Konrad
As always, less is more! Now I don't have to buy special hangers for my trousers.
Will—
I'm not at home right now to check, but I am almost positive that scan comes from Esquire's "Handbook of Style."
Great tip! And free!
I was always told as an overly impressionable young man that folding one's trousers in this fashion was a way to betray positively a spy among the company although I cannot recall in what era or from which enemy.
Since learning this simple method I have always employed it when confronted by the unlucky circumstance of the lack of a proper hanger.
Good tip - thanks.
Most of my hangers have some material to keep pants from sliding, but not all (i.e. the ones from the store). I'll recall this trick if lacking a suitable hanger.
of course, I had to try this right away, and it worked perfectly. The pants hang a bit lower, but did not cause a problem. Thanks for the tip.
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