Dress Shirts

[old_gregg]

It's odd for me to hear people buying $60 and up shirts, and then ironing them themselves. Doesn't anyone use a dry cleaner? There's no way I'm ironing my own shirts.

don't you have a help meet for all your domestic chores?

[falafel]

don't you have a help meet for all your domestic chores?

She can't even iron her own shirts.

[beefytee]

My Costco dress shirts (Kirkland brand and CK) stay wrinkle free for me. No need to iron. The slim fit shirts fit great. Then again, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a programmer who way over dresses for my office environment, so my opinion might not mean much.

[creekster]

It's odd for me to hear people buying $60 and up shirts, and then ironing them themselves. Doesn't anyone use a dry cleaner? There's no way I'm ironing my own shirts.

You probably know this, but your shirts are getting laundered, not dry cleaned. And then they are pressed, not ironed.

[cowboy]

This thread makes me picture all of you guys to be dressed like characters out of the tv series Suits.

[thesaint258]

This thread makes me picture all of you guys to be dressed like characters out of the tv series Suits.

Not in my office! (Fortunately.)

[Green Monstah]

It's odd for me to hear people buying $60 and up shirts, and then ironing them themselves. Doesn't anyone use a dry cleaner? There's no way I'm ironing my own shirts.

That's why I buy Brooks Brother's. I don't have to iron or deal with the hassle of the cleaners. Win-win.

[creekster]

That's why I buy Brooks Brother's. I don't have to iron or deal with the hassle of the cleaners. Win-win.

I don't know. A no iron shirt never looks as crisp as one that was laundered.

[Donuthole]

I don't know. A no iron shirt never looks as crisp as one that was laundered.

Yep. There is no such thing as a true non-iron shirt. In fact "wrinkle free" or "non-iron" is more accurately described as "doesn't look like it was crumpled on the floor right before you put it on". But they won't look as good out of the driver as a cheaper shirt that has been pressed.

That said, a good non-iron shirt will probably hold its press longer than a lesser shirt. My Nordstrom shirts (which I prefer to Brooks Brothers, mainly because they are just as "wrinkle-free" without feeling like thick like cardboard) will hold a press for two wears (and three in the winter). My CT shirts will hold a press for one wear, and maybe a second wear if it's under a suit or sweater.

[Paperback Writer]

Yep. There is no such thing as a true non-iron shirt. In fact "wrinkle free" or "non-iron" is more accurately described as "doesn't look like it was crumpled on the floor right before you put it on". But they won't look as good out of the driver as a cheaper shirt that has been pressed.

That said, a good non-iron shirt will probably hold its press longer than a lesser shirt. My Nordstrom shirts (which I prefer to Brooks Brothers, mainly because they are just as "wrinkle-free" without feeling like thick like cardboard) will hold a press for two wears (and three in the winter). My CT shirts will hold a press for one wear, and maybe a second wear if it's under a suit or sweater.

You don't wash or launder your dress shirts after each wear? How did I miss this secret? I blame my training in the MTC where I was instructed to wash my white shirt after every wear.

[Donuthole]

You don't wash or launder your dress shirts after each wear? How did I miss this secret? I blame my training in the MTC where I was instructed to wash my white shirt after every wear.

Some of us with enough sense know how to distinguish between doctrine and policy.

[old_gregg]

This thread makes me picture all of you guys to be dressed like characters out of the tv series Suits.

those peak lapel suits Harvey wears are awful. also, who wears a three piece suit? yikes

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Yep. There is no such thing as a true non-iron shirt. In fact "wrinkle free" or "non-iron" is more accurately described as "doesn't look like it was crumpled on the floor right before you put it on". But they won't look as good out of the driver as a cheaper shirt that has been pressed.

That said, a good non-iron shirt will probably hold its press longer than a lesser shirt. My Nordstrom shirts (which I prefer to Brooks Brothers, mainly because they are just as "wrinkle-free" without feeling like thick like cardboard) will hold a press for two wears (and three in the winter). My CT shirts will hold a press for one wear, and maybe a second wear if it's under a suit or sweater.

I would have never guessed.

[falafel]

You probably know this, but your shirts are getting laundered, not dry cleaned. And then they are pressed, not ironed.

Yes, I know, but they guy doing it is a dry cleaner, not a launderer. And if I had to do it myself, I'm ironing my shirts, not pressing them.

But I have to agree, nothing looks as good as a pressed shirt from the cleaners.

[Commando]

Yes, I know, but they guy doing it is a dry cleaner, not a launderer. And if I had to do it myself, I'm ironing my shirts, not pressing them.

But I have to agree, nothing looks as good as a pressed shirt from the cleaners.

Eff dragging out the ironing board and slaving over a pile of shirts.