Lisa, a frequent business traveler, used to stuff her garment bag into her suitcase without folding it—until she opened her bag to find a crushed suit and a broken zipper. “I thought ‘bigger is better,’ but the bag’s edges got caught in the suitcase, and my suit was ruined,” she said. Now she folds it…
Sarah, a boutique owner, ruined her favorite canvas garment cover last month. She tossed it in the washing machine with her laundry, and it came out shrunk—too small to fit her store’s coats. “I thought ‘canvas is tough, it can handle it,’” she said. “Now I know cleaning garment cover isn’t like cleaning a t-shirt—you have to…
Liam, a menswear store manager, once sold a customer a “one-size” garment bag for a floor-length wool coat. The bag was 6 inches too short— the coat’s hem hung out, collecting dust and getting snagged. “The customer came back frustrated, saying he’d wasted $30,” Liam said. “I realized most people don’t know how to match…
Nina, who runs a small online vintage clothing shop, used to blow $40 a month on flimsy plastic dust bag. “They’d tear when I shipped dresses, and customers would get dusty items,” she said. “I thought ‘cheap’ was my only option—until I found bags for $10–$15 that lasted 6 months. Now I save $300 a…
Carlos, a corporate lawyer, still cringes thinking about his first big client meeting. His wool suit arrived at the hotel crushed—his cheap plastic clothing bags had torn in transit, leaving the jacket smudged with dirt and lined with creases. “I spent $300 on that suit, and a $5 bag ruined it,” he said. “Now I…
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