Most embroidered garments are not worn out. They are damaged between wears — crushed on a hanger, snagged on their own sequins, or left folded along the same line for a year until the thread gives at the crease.
The first thing is that surface work is heavy, and a hanger concentrates that weight on two points at the shoulder. Anything with a densely worked yoke is better folded than hung. If it must hang, it should hang from loops at the waist rather than the shoulders.
The second is that sequins and mirror work catch on everything, including themselves. A worked piece stored against another worked piece will abrade both. Something soft between them — an old cotton sheet is as good as anything sold for the purpose — prevents most of it.
The third is the fold itself. A garment folded along the same crease for months develops a permanent line, and on an embroidered panel that line is where the thread eventually goes. Refold along a different axis occasionally.
