How to Roll Up & Pack Dress Shirts in a Suitcase

Lay out a plastic dry-cleaning bag flat on a bed. Spread the dress shirt out on top of the plastic, making it neat.

Open up the shirt and slip another plastic bag inside. Fasten the buttons with the bag flat inside, and smooth the fabric out nice and flat on the bed.

Spread a third plastic bag out over the top of the shirt.

Fold over the left and right edges of the dress shirt and arms– with the bag layers, too — so they overlap just a touch down the center.

Start rolling up the shirt from the bottom hem. Keep the rolling tight and neat all the way to the top.

Add heavier things to the suitcase first — jeans, pants and T-shirts. Add your delicate separates and the tightly the rolled dress shirts last so they don’t get crushed.