Best way to store leather jackets besides hanger

[onstar]

I usually just fold the sleeves back in lay it flat in a basket weave bin. Anyone else do it another way?

 

[Buick]

I stick with hangers, but with sections of pool noodle over hanger to create a wider and more cushioned surface area, to avoid distorting the shoulders. I can‘t see any issues with your method though.

 

[Yango]

I stick with hangers, but with sections of pool noodle over hanger to create a wider and more cushioned surface area, to avoid distorting the shoulders. I can‘t see any issues with your method though.

At home, just a large hanger that supports the whole shoulder.
On my bike, I zip it up, fold the arms horizontally across the chest, and then roll the jacket up. This works very well without creasing the cräp out of the leather.

 

[AeroFan_07]

I knew a person who carefully folded them up (as if you were boxing up the jacket to ship it) and laid them in his dresser drawers. He must have had a really deep dresser, as it would take more folks thana simple half-fold to fit into mine.

I suggest hangers, personally.

 

[RDS]

If being stored on a hanger it is important not to leave the jacket fastened and it should just be left undone.
Otherwise it can lead to long vertical creasing or folding down the front either side of the zip or buttons.
This can be seen in these photos I've found of jackets being offered for sale.

 

[onstar]

If being stored on a hanger it is important not to leave the jacket fastened and it should just be left undone.
Otherwise it can lead to long vertical creasing or folding down the front either side of the zip or buttons.
This can be seen in these photos I've found of jackets being offered for sale.
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I thought it was the opposite. Creasing was from hanging it unzipped. I was always told to zip and button all clothing you intend to hang up. This was even by alot retailers too

 

[RDS]

I thought it was the opposite. Creasing was from hanging it unzipped. I was always told to zip and button all clothing you intend to hang up. This was even by alot retailers too

As you’ll see below, which is taken from their website, Aero Leather specifically advise against hanging jackets fastened up:

‘The worst way to store a leather jacket is on a typical suit hanger with the steeply sloped shoulder used pretty much as standard by the hanger industry (see 'wrong' pic). Any length of use of these virtually guarantee deep creases forming down the front of a leather jacket starting from the join of the neck and the shoulder seam. This is caused as the weight of the leather hanging at an unnatural angle starts to fold inwards, this gets worse if the jacket is zipped up or buttoned up and summer storage will often leave creases which will never come out.’

If a jacket is hung unfastened one side of it can then slide over or under the other side and so both will stay flat. However, if it’s fastened the ‘excess’ material has nowhere to go other than folding in on itself creating creases, invariably permanent, to one or both sides.

When a jacket is listed for sale it’s often fairly easy to see how it has been stored by the vertical creasing, or lack of, down the front.

 

[onstar]

As you’ll see below, which is taken from their website, Aero Leather specifically advise against hanging jackets fastened up:

‘The worst way to store a leather jacket is on a typical suit hanger with the steeply sloped shoulder used pretty much as standard by the hanger industry (see 'wrong' pic). Any length of use of these virtually guarantee deep creases forming down the front of a leather jacket starting from the join of the neck and the shoulder seam. This is caused as the weight of the leather hanging at an unnatural angle starts to fold inwards, this gets worse if the jacket is zipped up or buttoned up and summer storage will often leave creases which will never come out.’

If a jacket is hung unfastened one side of it can then slide over or under the other side and so both will stay flat. However, if it’s fastened the ‘excess’ material has nowhere to go other than folding in on itself creating creases, invariably permanent, to one or both sides.

When a jacket is listed for sale it’s often fairly easy to see how it has been stored by the vertical creasing, or lack of, down the front.

Intresting... Aero is know for their forward necks holes

 

[RDS]

Intresting... Aero is know for their forward necks holes

I don’t think it matters who the manufacturer is or the design/style creasing will still occur if a jacket is stored fastened up.

What is important is that both sides of the jacket should be flat and the front of the jacket is not folding in on itself.

 

[photo2u]

Rolled like a burrito from side to side. Actually is a great way to store them up. I stored many this way for a long time. It works. Rolling leather garments is an old-school Mexican craftsman method. Similar process to storing leather hides.

 

[Bfd70]

This topic pretty much comes up annually and methods are well covered. Here is a recent thread.

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/how-do-you-store-your-leather-jackets.115919/