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I need to wear dress shirts for work. My problem is that they always wind up getting wrinkled. I get them laundered at the dry cleaners and I always tell them to add extra starch. When I put the shirt on in the morning its fine, by the time I get to the office the shirt is all wrinkled.
This happens w/ every brand shirt I buy, (DKNY, Kenneth Cole, CK). the only ones that I'm okay w/ are Brooks Bros. Non iron dress shirts but they are expensive (twice the price of the others).
Any tips? Thanks in advance.
LetYouDown
09-22-2005, 01:29 PM
Get something with a little heavier fabric. Or buy a bunch of pairs of haggar wrinkle free pants and make a shirt out of them.
jakethebake
09-22-2005, 01:29 PM
Wrinkle frees are not that expensive.
Jeffage
09-22-2005, 01:30 PM
Wrinkle free shirts (and pants) are the nuts and will save you about $1000 a year in drycleaning.
Jeff
Mike Peters
09-22-2005, 01:30 PM
Brooks Brothers Non-Iron shirts are the only way to go. But, never buy them at full price. Try the outlet sometimes. Also, they have good sales (25% off) throughout the year. Wait for them and stock up.
learn to iron or get a wife?
Pirc Defense
09-22-2005, 01:33 PM
Hang them in your bathroom, turn on the hot water in the shower, close door, wait, enjoy wrinkle free clothing.
This works best in hotels, since you're not (directly) paying the water bill.
STLantny
09-22-2005, 01:35 PM
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Hang them in your bathroom, turn on the hot water in the shower, close door, wait, enjoy wrinkle free clothing.
This works best in hotels, since you're not (directly) paying the water bill.
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Thats a good tip, but read the OP. His shirt is fine in the morning, but it gets wrinkled on hte car ride. I have my place only starch the collars, not teh the whole shirt, and mine rarely wrinkle. I have 25$ shirts up to 175$+ ones, so it seems to work for most fabrics.
bosoxfan
09-22-2005, 01:41 PM
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I have 25$ shirts up to 175$+ ones
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You pay over $175 for a shirt. This makes me sad for some reason.
STLantny
09-22-2005, 01:43 PM
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I have 25$ shirts up to 175$+ ones
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You pay over $175 for a shirt. This makes me sad for some reason.
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Why's that? And I never said I paid for them.
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Why's that? And I never said I paid for them.
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which truck did they fall out of?
bosoxfan
09-22-2005, 01:44 PM
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Why's that?
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I guess because I can't afford $175 shirts. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
beta1607
09-22-2005, 01:45 PM
extra starch actually makes the problem worse because it basically helps the shirt stay wrinkly after you have been sitting down or driving or whatever. I would recommend getting a lighter starch, thats what worked for me.
DrNo888
09-22-2005, 01:54 PM
Light starch works the best. The more starch you use the worst it will get. Starch will also build up over time since most drycleaners use cold water for laundry to save money on energy bill. They dont actually dryclean your shirt, but launder in normal washing machine. Then they press the collars and cuffs and stick it in a machine that blows hot air while pressing at the same time.
The best way to keep your shirt a little limp and lightly starched would be to wash it at home in warm water after two or three trips to the drycleaners. This will get rid of all the starch buildup.
Tailgunner
09-22-2005, 01:56 PM
Oxford cloth always works for me.
What really bugs me is the flimsy collars. I cant stand for that. I'll ask them right out whether the shirt will get a flimsy collar, or if anyone has returned shirts for similar reasons. Completely unacceptable.
STLantny
09-22-2005, 02:31 PM
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What really bugs me is the flimsy collars. I cant stand for that. I'll ask them right out whether the shirt will get a flimsy collar, or if anyone has returned shirts for similar reasons. Completely unacceptable.
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Thats why I get the collar heavily starched, and hte rest of the shirt no/light starch.
W. Deranged
09-22-2005, 02:32 PM
Brooks Bros. Wrinkle-Frees rule. Just wait until they have a sale. Usually they'll have a 3 for 150 kind of deal fairly regularly.
elwoodblues
09-22-2005, 03:13 PM
Stop taking a ride in the drier before heading off to work in the morning. It worked for me.
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extra starch actually makes the problem worse because it basically helps the shirt stay wrinkly after you have been sitting down or driving or whatever. I would recommend getting a lighter starch, thats what worked for me.
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I did not know this. That may be part of the problem. When I iron the shirts myself I spray a ton of the spray-on starch and wind up picking at the stuck-on flakes on my shirts all day. Annoying and embarassing. It looks like my shirt was used for target practice at an all male orgy.
jakethebake
09-22-2005, 04:14 PM
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I did not know this. That may be part of the problem. When I iron the shirts myself I spray a ton of the spray-on starch and wind up picking at the stuck-on flakes on my shirts all day. Annoying and embarassing. It looks like my shirt was used for target practice at an all male orgy.
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The key to this is to spray the starch on the inside of the shirt.
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4_2_it
09-22-2005, 04:34 PM
I wear Jos. A Banks Traveler shirts, which are wrinkle-free. Never ironed, never dry-cleaned. Just hang them up while they are still warm out of the dryer. They go on sale all the time. Should be able to get them for less than $50 each, which is well worth the investment vs dry-clean shirts.
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