Wool suit Shinkage

[noonblueapples]

I have a 100% wool non-vintage Valentino suit.

I last wore it a year ago. Yesterday I wore it to a funeral. I put the jacket in the car and srove from Maine to Massachusetts. Arraving at the funeral I put the jacket on to find the sleeves had shrunk up to clown proportions, and it was snug accross the shoulders.

Can just sitting in a closet for a year allow a wool suit to shrink?, should I be storing it a certain way?

 

[Bugsy]

I've never heard of a suit shrinking in the closet. Is it possible that water leaked in??

 

[noonblueapples]

No, the closet was completely dry. I can't understand it

 

[davestlouis]

Same thing happened to me...then I stepped on a scale and discovered that I had gained 40 Lbs. during that year. I'm kidding, no clue how that could happen. I have to imagine that the fabric is more stable than that.

 

[MrBern]

was it dry cleaned after its last use?

 

[noonblueapples]

was it dry cleaned after its last use?

no, it just hung in the closet ?!?

 

[Tomasso]

the sleeves had shrunk up to clown proportions, and it was snug across the shoulders.

Can you post some pics?