How to Build Folding Travel Garment Bags: Tri-Fold vs Bi-Fold

Most travel bags are built to protect “objects.” Garment bags are built to protect something more fragile: a smooth surface. A suit jacket can look perfect in the morning and look tired two hours later if it’s folded wrong and compressed in a crowded overhead bin. That’s why folding garment bags are still popular even in the era of wrinkle-resistant fabrics—because the problem is not only the fabric, it’s the pressure points created by folding and movement.