# Question about high quality dress pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947 "2005-11-07T19:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/1 "2005-11-07T19:16:39Z")
I’ve picked up some very nice, very high quality executive dress slacks lately (approx $ 100 per pair range if purchased @ retail) and according to the labels they all want to be “Professionally Dry Cleaned” . With my wash and wear Savanes & Dockers it’s usually one wearing then wash. With these I’m kind of hesitant to pay 3-4 dollars a pop each time I wear these pants for dry cleaning. Assuming I keep them stain & (relatively) wrinkle free, how many wearing times between dry cleanings is usually recommended/acceptable for high quality wool blend dress pants? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/2 "2005-11-07T19:23:39Z")
> [@astro](#): > > With these I’m kind of hesitant to pay 3-4 dollars a pop each time I wear these pants for dry cleaning. I’ve usually found that I can get several wearings of dress trousers or suits between cleanings. I don’t do much in the way of physical exertion when wearing them, so – er --no sweat as they say. It’d be ridiculous for me to have them dry cleaned after every wearing. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/3 "2005-11-07T19:39:52Z")
Dry cleaning is very hard on fabrics, so I’d keep the number down to a bare minimum. Unless they get stained or you wear them a lot, you should be fine by having them cleaned 4 or 5 times a year at maximum. As to keeping them wrinkle free - you can hang them in a steamy bathroom while you take a shower and the wrinkles will probably fall out on their own. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/4 "2005-11-07T20:04:58Z")
Use Dryel if they have no visible stains on them, and send them for dry cleaning every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![jacksprat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jacksprat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksprat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/5 "2005-11-07T20:36:44Z")
Agreed with the above. I get many wearings from a pair of woolen trousers before dry-cleaning – I’ve never even heard of anyone having them cleaned after each use. However, you _can_ have them pressed without dry-cleaning without quite as much damage to the material. Perhaps if you have a mangler installed in your abode you could do it yourself, Martha Stewart-style. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-high-quality-dress-pants/329947/6 "2005-11-07T21:36:27Z")
> [@crazyjoe](#): > > Use Dryel if they have no visible stains on them, and send them for dry cleaning every now and then. I had a bad experience with Dryel and dress slacks. I generally only use it for sweater-type items. My seams came undone. I usually dry-clean after 7 wearings unless I drop food on them or something.