A Trail of Sequins: packing

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Tweed Travels

Really well.

It's practically wrinkle proof.

The random texture and colors can hide

a multitude of spills and splatters.

Though I risked being a tweed dweeb,

I went matchy-matchy for a business dress occasion.

And got identical "very Chanel" compliments

from very different colleagues.

A pleasant surprise when all I wanted was easy.

Here's more help staying wrinkle free:

Put a sweater or two inside your jacket,

including sleeves in the sleeves,

and place folds to the edge of the suitcase

(the center of the suitcase tends to get more weighted down with stuff).

I even used the skirt to cushion the folds of the sweaters

by wrapping them around the skirt à la the pants.

Tweedle dee dum.

Both were fine and dandy without a steam or a press.

So tell, how do you not rumple when on business travel?

Sunday, March 10, 2013

This Is How I Roll

Alrighty then. Before I get to more travel packing tips,

let's go through a few assumptions, shall we? ;)

Assuming you don't want to look like a wrinkled mess
Assuming you don't want to iron or bother packing a travel iron or chance having the hotel iron spit on your clothes
Assuming you don't want to try hanging the wrinkled things in the bathroom while you take a hot shower to steam out the wrinkles (which I've never found to work)

Here's how I pack trousers:

Fold your trousers along the crease of the legs and lay them flat
Put a pair or two of fairly wrinkle-proof pants on top of your trousers (I usually use PJ bottoms or sweatpants that can double as PJ bottoms)
Fold all two or three items loosely together into thirds to fit your suitcase.

Lint stuck to the navy trousers like magnets with all the hotel heated air generating static electricity.
Lint brush. Another travel-must.

The idea is to avoid having hard creases in your clothes where you don't want them. Since your trousers will only be in thirds and with the sweater pants cushioning the folds, your pants should survive the trip wrinkle free or practically so (unless you've overpacked by jamming too many things into your suitecase). After arrival, hang them up by the waistband using a hanger with clips and whatever soft wrinkles should come out.

Re: the hotel heated air in caption above ... it was in the low 30s outside when I got there and this was how I bundled up. The rest of these things plus toiletries, undergarments, PJs, slippers, laptop power cables and the aforementioned lint brush fit in that single carry-on.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I'm a Packing Ninja

Because not only do these two crazy patterns kind of work together,

this, my dears, is a knee length puffer coat with a hood.

The room key, the size of a credit card, is for size reference.

More covert packing tips to come ...

Monday, February 11, 2013

Packing for Nine Days

Packing for Nine Days by tiffanyrose featuring ski sweaters
Good thing the business events are with completely different people
and not following days. I hope I don't get too warm or cold but think
I've planned some nice options. Hmm ... only a single pair of shoes
and my unfashionable but super warm and cozy uggs. I know the heels
are trusty comfortable but maybe I'll take a second pair. Just in case.
You never know, somebody could drop something gooey all over them.
That would be awful. I love, love, love these shoes.

This is cool how polyvore publishes.
It makes my packing list easy, easy.

See y'all soon!