Clothes valet, also called men's valet, valet stand and suit stand, is a piece of
furniture
Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., Stool (seat), stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (table (furniture), tables), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furnitur ...
to hang
clothes
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin s ...
on. Clothes are hung that are worn multiple times before laundering, such as a men's suit. Typical features of valets include trouser hangers, jacket hangers, shoe bars, and a tray organizer for miscellaneous, day-to-day objects like wallets and keys. Some also feature jewelry boxes.
Variants
An electric clothes valet is used to warm clothes before dressing; it includes a
timer
A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. It can also usually be stopped manually before the whole duration has elapsed. An example of a simple timer is an hourglass ...
to prevent overheating.
Floor-standing
clothes steamer
A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from clothing, garments and textile, fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. They can for example be used to straighten w ...
s can also have a fixed clothes hanger so that they can function as a combined clothes steamer and men's valet.
A valet rod is a pipe shaped clothes valet which protrudes from a cabinet or similar, and is used as a compact clothes valet.
Gallery
Detail of gentlemen's valet in walnut.jpg, A suit
A suit, also called a lounge suit, business suit, dress suit, or formal suit, is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt su ...
with accessories on a valet stand.
Gentlemans-valet-1.jpg, Empty valet stand.
Напольный отпариватель.jpg, Clothes steamer
A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from clothing, garments and textile, fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. They can for example be used to straighten w ...
with an integrated clothes valet
Whose Sleeves (Tagasode).jpg, , a Japanese rack for clothing. Art from the Momoyama period (1573–1615).
See also
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Clothes hanger
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Clotheshorse
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Coat rack
A hatstand (UK), hatrack (US), coat rack, coat stand, hat tree, hall tree, or portmanteau is a device used to store hats and often coats on, and umbrellas within. A coat rack often refers to a set of hooks that are attached to a wall. Usually ma ...
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Clothes steamer
A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from clothing, garments and textile, fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. They can for example be used to straighten w ...
References
Furniture
Domestic implements
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