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Washable men's suit trousers

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TooDamnSarky · 12/01/2019 17:44

Any suggestions?
Dh has changed job and now needs to wear a suit everyday. There is no dry-cleaner anywhere near us so washable trousers would save lots of time.
He is average sized but 'regular' not 'skinny'
Thanks!

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hendricksy · 12/01/2019 18:43

Next it marks do good ones .

TooDamnSarky · 12/01/2019 21:29

Thanks.

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TooDamnSarky · 13/01/2019 11:25

Anyone? The ones I've looked at online don't look to be great quality...

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greenelephantscarf · 13/01/2019 11:26

look at the school uniform section.

Notsoaccidentproneanymore · 13/01/2019 11:29

Burtons sell washable stretch suits.

Buddywoo · 13/01/2019 11:36

My husband used to buy good quality M&S wool suits. After they had been to the dry cleaners a few times, and were getting old, I used to hand wash them and drip dry. They washed very well with no shrinkage. The amount of dirt that came out of them was incredible. These were so called dry clean only suits.

hendricksy · 13/01/2019 13:54

The washable suits will be polyester so wont look 'expensive ' . You can't deed wash most things with care but they are labelled as d/c to reduce returns .

Honeywort · 13/01/2019 17:57

M&S (go into store if possible as that will give you best idea of feel of material. The suit jackets are sometimes also washable too. Also John Lewis certainly used to do washable trousers for suits (but we no longer live near enough a JL to know if they still do)

LIZS · 13/01/2019 17:59

M and S , Next. Buy extra trousers so you can wash regularly.

Mbear · 13/01/2019 18:01

Another alternative is to get several pairs of trs for each suit jacket? It’s only really high percentage man made fabric suits that will be washable as they need to be able to continue to match the jacket. Better quality fabric suits will have better made jackets which won’t be washable - you will wash the trs, never the jacket and after a while the suit won’t match anymore.
(Sorry, spent many years working for a suit retailer!).

TooDamnSarky · 13/01/2019 20:34

Thanks all. Super helpful.
So a better option might be to buy loads of trousers for the same jacket and either hand wash the trousers or occasionally dry clean a big batch.

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