Garment care apparatus and control method therefor

A garment care apparatus comprising:

• a main body including a garment care room formed therein, the garment care room having a front side that is openable;
• a filter installable in the main body and configured to collect dust included in air in the garment care room;
• a first fan inside the main body and adjacent to the filter;
• an inputter configured to receive a user command including a filter drying command;
• a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange of the air in the garment care room, the heat exchanger including:
• a compressor, and
• a second fan adjacent to the heat exchanger;
• and
• a controller configured to, based on receipt of the filter drying command, control an operation of at least one of the first fan, the second fan, and the compressor of the heat exchanger to dry the filter,
• wherein the filter includes:
• a filter body, and
• a filter frame configured to support the filter body, the filter frame including a bending guide having a plurality of portions that are cut from only a first side of an edge of the filter frame toward a second side of the edge of the filter frame that is without cut portions so as to make the filter bendable in a direction in which the plurality of portions are cut.