How the f#*& do you guys keep linen clothes from looking like sh!t?

beer

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Jun 27, 2000
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I bought some linen shirts a few weeks ago. I didn't know that linen looks wrinkly as hell. Every time I press the shirt, four hours later it looks wrinkly and horrible, totally unsuitable for anything remotely dressy, such as work. How do I get the wrinkles out of a linen shirt and keep it from wrinkling during the day? None of my other shirts do that.

 

amnesiac

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Oct 13, 1999
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Linen should be mildly wrinkled.
If you want it to stay put, starch it next time you're at the cleaners.
 

beer

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Jun 27, 2000
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This looks a bit beyond 'mildly'. It looks like I wore it the day before and slept in it. While having a violent nightmare.
 

alkemyst

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Feb 13, 2001
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Linen items should be heavy enough that they resist wrinkling on sight....they will wrinkle whereever you sit against them or under a jacket. It's the main reason linen is a 'casual' material.

Linen is nice though and wrinkles are part of it's character.
 

Shantanu

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Feb 6, 2001
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Maybe you're just not cool enough to pull off the wrinkly linen style. Give it up old man!
 

isekii

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Mar 16, 2001
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I only have a couple. I iron them before I wear them and they don't wrinkle too bad.
Just don't lean back as much or lean forward. Keep good posture and it should be okay.
 

tnitsuj

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I get all my shirts including the Linen ones dry cleaned and they come out looking nice and pressed. They do tend to get wrinkled, but if you try not to slouch it isn't too bad. (BTW, I would not recommend starch for Linen...doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?)