I want to look good when I arrive: How to pack formal clothing

How to make sure precious dresses, suits and heels arrive in tip-top shape when you travel? Checking a bag means you’ll have room for a variety of dressy outfits. But if all you need are a few, you can travel light, as many business travellers do. Whether you choose to check or carry-on, here’s how to pack formal wear like the pros.

Suits and Shirts: Plastic dry cleaning bags are the unsung heroes of packing. “Don’t throw them away,” said Jeremy Wood Beaumont, founder of Rhodes-Wood, which sells “modern classic” menswear in Harrogate, in northern England. Using dry-cleaning bags, he said, “stops so much creasing.”