100% cotton dress shirts

[jtvang125]

Yes, I do my own ironing, gasp. Well I own a few 100% cotton dress shirts and they're really a pain to iron out the wrinkles. If I don't use a light spray of starch the wrinkles never iron out. If I use starch the wrinkles will iron out but after an hour of wear the shirt looks like I never ironed it.

Next time I'm buying only half cotton and half polyester blend shirts. A warm iron and the wrinkles iron out completely with little effort.

 

[Oil]

IMO nothing feels as good as 100% cotton

 

[FoBoT]

yeah, take those to the cleaners, just do the others yourself

 

[rivan]

Wrinkle resistant ftw.

I dislike ironing so much I either use the dry cleaner/shirt laundry or wear wrinkle resistant shirts.

 

[Koing]

Ironing 10 shirts once a fortnight sucks...the 100% wrinkle really easily after the wash but iron out all the same.

Koing

 

[zixxer]

I just smack the girl I'm dating and tell her to fix it.



j/k.. I just don't buy wrinkly shirts. I don't even own an iron.. anything that I have that needs ironed I just get dry cleaned

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: rivan
Wrinkle resistant ftw.

I dislike ironing so much I either use the dry cleaner/shirt laundry or wear wrinkle resistant shirts.

I just don't iron anything

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Yes, I do my own ironing, gasp. Well I own a few 100% cotton dress shirts and they're really a pain to iron out the wrinkles. If I don't use a light spray of starch the wrinkles never iron out. If I use starch the wrinkles will iron out but after an hour of wear the shirt looks like I never ironed it.

Next time I'm buying only half cotton and half polyester blend shirts. A warm iron and the wrinkles iron out completely with little effort.

You can be comfortable in polyester??

 

[ThePresence]

All my dress shirts are 100% cotton. They all go to the dry cleaners.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

I only buy 100% cotton shirts, I prefer Egyyptian cotton with a high thread count as well.

They wrinkle less, feel great, and last a long time. I pay for drycleaning as shirts are generally $1.50 each. 15 minutes of my time + iron + starch + set-up time is not worth $7/wk in my book.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: OSx86
IMO nothing feels as good as 100% cotton

100% cotton or linnen. Nothing else.

Plastic shirts FTFL!

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Yes, I do my own ironing, gasp. Well I own a few 100% cotton dress shirts and they're really a pain to iron out the wrinkles. If I don't use a light spray of starch the wrinkles never iron out. If I use starch the wrinkles will iron out but after an hour of wear the shirt looks like I never ironed it.

Next time I'm buying only half cotton and half polyester blend shirts. A warm iron and the wrinkles iron out completely with little effort.

Most of my shirts are 100% cotton and I always iron my own, I stopped using starch, it's to much of a pain.

I'm thinking you have a crappy iron, or you're not getting it hot enough. Highest heat, and steam on my cotton shirts gets the wrinkles out everytime, go to amazon and treat yourself to a new iron, search the reviews til you find a good one.

 

[Nerva]

brooks brothers non-iron shirts FTW

 

[astrosfan90]

For those of you complaining about shirts that aren't cotton--don't you wear an undershirt? I wear 100% cotton white tees under my dress shirts, so I don't really notice if my dress shirts are cotton, polyester, or steel wool.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: astrosfan90
For those of you complaining about shirts that aren't cotton--don't you wear an undershirt? I wear 100% cotton white tees under my dress shirts, so I don't really notice if my dress shirts are cotton, polyester, or steel wool.

Neck and cuffs, sucker.

 

[cherrytwist]

In other news, bread now is available SLICED.

 

[Vic]

Stop doing your own ironing. The cleaners are usually about $1.50/shirt, do a perfect ironing job, and your shirts will last much longer. That last bit is what got me to switch to the cleaners for all my dress shirts some years ago. You buy an ~$80 dress shirt and are lucky to have it last and look good for more than 6 months if you wash/dry/iron it yourself. Take it to the cleaners to get that done and it'll last for years. Well worth the money.
Don't get polyester-blend wrinkle-resistant shirts either. They look and feel like sh!t no matter how well they're laundered and ironed.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: Vic
Stop doing your own ironing. The cleaners are usually about $1.50/shirt, do a perfect ironing job, and your shirts will last much longer. That last bit is what got me to switch to the cleaners for all my dress shirts some years ago. You buy an ~$80 dress shirt and are lucky to have it last and look good for more than 6 months if you wash/dry/iron it yourself. Take it to the cleaners to get that done and it'll last for years. Well worth the money.
Don't get polyester-blend wrinkle-resistant shirts either. They look and feel like sh!t no matter how well they're laundered and ironed.

Is that drycleaning or just laundered and pressed? Cause I read that drycleaning is actually bad for dress shirts.

And polyester blend shirts look and feel fine on me. Most of my shirts are of blended materials.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

if a women is doing your laundry and ironing it doesnt matter what kind of blend you are wearing.

 

[Ameesh]

my dad gets all his shirts laundered and pressed, its way easier. and since he is a reguilar the charge him only $1 a shirt which is super cheap since he can wear the shirts 2x or 3x before washing them (because he wears an undershirt)

 

[sunase]

That's bizarre. I've always considered my cotton shirts the easiest to iron, because they can take the most heat. Anything that's below steaming temperature has a much higher difficulty. I took my shirts to a dry cleaner and once, but was disappointed actually. There were tiny pressed in wrinkles in the tough places like the collar.

 

[Koing]

How often do you wear the same shirt before you dry clean/ wash and iron yourself? Surely if it is $1.50 per ****** it adds up fast if you only wear them once?

I have 12 dress shirts for work and it would add up quickly if I didn't wash iron them myself.

1.50 x 250 = $375 a year in washing/ ironing clothes.

But you do save the time it takes to iron them which for me is ~ 30-40mins for 10 shirts.

Get a decent iron and ironing board and that will help you out. The shirts that are 100% come out of the washing machine looking like a state! But once I iron them, they look great.

Koing

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Is that drycleaning or just laundered and pressed? Cause I read that drycleaning is actually bad for dress shirts.

And polyester blend shirts look and feel fine on me. Most of my shirts are of blended materials.

Laundered and pressed. There is no reason to get your dress shirts drycleaned.

And I disagree on the polyester blend. Perhaps it's just a matter of taste (or a preference), but I don't like the look and feel of polyester. Almost all of my clothes are 100% cotton (and my suits are wool).

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Koing
How often do you wear the same shirt before you dry clean/ wash and iron yourself? Surely if it is $1.50 per ****** it adds up fast if you only wear them once?

I have 12 dress shirts for work and it would add up quickly if I didn't wash iron them myself.

1.50 x 250 = $375 a year in washing/ ironing clothes.

But you do save the time it takes to iron them which for me is ~ 30-40mins for 10 shirts.

Get a decent iron and ironing board and that will help you out. The shirts that are 100% come out of the washing machine looking like a state! But once I iron them, they look great.

Koing

I only have to wear dress shirts 4 days a week or about 200 times a year, so the cost is more like $300/year. Take into account that professional laundering and pressing looks better, takes much less of your time, and your shirts will last at least twice as long, combined with the average cost of a dress shirt at about $50, and IMO it's more than worth it.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Koing
How often do you wear the same shirt before you dry clean/ wash and iron yourself? Surely if it is $1.50 per ****** it adds up fast if you only wear them once?

I have 12 dress shirts for work and it would add up quickly if I didn't wash iron them myself.

1.50 x 250 = $375 a year in washing/ ironing clothes.

But you do save the time it takes to iron them which for me is ~ 30-40mins for 10 shirts.

Get a decent iron and ironing board and that will help you out. The shirts that are 100% come out of the washing machine looking like a state! But once I iron them, they look great.

Koing

I only have to wear dress shirts 4 days a week or about 200 times a year, so the cost is more like $300/year. Take into account that professional laundering and pressing looks better, takes much less of your time, and your shirts will last at least twice as long, combined with the average cost of a dress shirt at about $50, and IMO it's more than worth it.

Interesting. I suppose in a sadistic way 'ironing' my shirts is quite theraputic . I detest it but it is 'okay' and my shirts do look good afterwards.

I'm sure it isn't that cheap in England also! I'll have to check it out sometimes. I figure I could buy more shirts with the money saved

Koing