# Clothes valet

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{{Short description|Furniture to hang clothes on}}
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thumb|upright|Gentleman's oak valet

'''Clothes valet''', also called '''men's valet''', '''valet stand''' and '''suit stand''', is a piece of [furniture](/source/furniture) to hang [clothes](/source/clothes) 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBylCGtiDqkC&pg=PA99&dq=%22Clothes+valet%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=|page=99|title=Ergonomic Living: How to Create a User-Friendly Home & Officer|first=Gordon |last=Inkeles |year=2010|isbn=9781439146323|access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref>

== Variants ==
An electric clothes valet is used to warm clothes before dressing; it includes a [timer](/source/timer) to prevent overheating.

Floor-standing [clothes steamer](/source/clothes_steamer)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 ==
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Detail of gentlemen's valet in walnut.jpg|A [suit](/source/suit) with accessories on a valet stand.
Gentlemans-valet-1.jpg|Empty valet stand.
Напольный отпариватель.jpg|[Clothes steamer](/source/Clothes_steamer) with an integrated clothes valet
Whose Sleeves (Tagasode).jpg|{{nihongo3|lit. "rack"|架|Ka}}, a Japanese rack for clothing. Art from the Momoyama period (1573–1615).
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [Clothes hanger](/source/Clothes_hanger)
* [Clotheshorse](/source/Clotheshorse)
* [Clothes steamer](/source/Clothes_steamer)
* [Coat rack](/source/Coat_rack)
* [Dress code](/source/Dress_code)

== References ==
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