https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 31 May 2026 06:37:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679701 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:22:39 +0000 JR 679701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate ironing. I can do it well - my mother forced me to learn - but I use the permapress cycle and set an alarm to put things straight onto hangers. I only iron when the alternative is looking disreputable.</p> <p>In my defence, I would probably iron a little more often if I had higher energy levels.</p> <p>ETA: I loved the title of this thread. :o) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679622 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:52:58 +0000 April 679622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind ironing in the way that I hate certain other chores, but I'm not skilled at it. I've never learned how to get a good, crisp press on a woven shirt, and wrinkly bits always remain.</p> <p>But I'm excellent at perfectly square items such as cloth napkins. (In other words, any item that could be done beautifully by a preschooler.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679587 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:34:43 +0000 DonnaF 679587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am 200% with Texstyle. My mister is my friend. Almost everything gets misted even damp out of the dryer, and I mist blazers and the like as soon as I take them off for the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679584 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:32:34 +0000 Anonymous 679584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I detest ironing, but fortunately I married someone who is really good at it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679578 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:29:59 +0000 Sylvie 679578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My clothes are wrinkly nearly all of the time. I'm terrible I just can't get around to ironing because it is so fiddly - take down the board, set it up, plug in the iron and then you never really get all the creases out anyway.</p> <p>I think I'd benefit from a garment steamer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679565 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:15:18 +0000 Anonymous 679565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have sciatica, too, so I can relate to the need to stand. I don't like to iron, but feel it needs to be done. I will not wear, nor will I allow my family to wear, wrinkled clothing. I have my pride! That said, I am a stickler about taking clothing out of the dryer right when the cycle finishes and hanging the clothing up immediately. Some garments don't even go in the washing machine. I hang them up to dry. Depends on the fabric. Doing these things cuts down on the amount of ironing that has to be done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679556 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:05:57 +0000 Jenava 679556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am with JulieJohn. I find it a chore.</p> <p>However, when my mom was struggling with sciatica and couldn't sit she would stand and iron and iron and iron...it calmed her. So I get that some people are like this...I'm just not one of them!</p> <p>We have a very tiny house and have a hotel-like wall holder for our iron and a board that folds down that is mounted on the back of the second bedroom door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679545 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:56:22 +0000 JulieJohn 679545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the look, hate the chore. So I do it, but yuck. I used to be the desginated ironer in the family when I was a kid, so I guess I got my fill.</p> <p>Great post title Ms. Swan - you are very funny! Thanks for the giggle! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679542 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:54:01 +0000 ironkurtin 679542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love ironing, but I don't do it very often. I find most of my things do well simply hung up wet and finger-straightened. Then all they need is a touch-up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679540 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:48:28 +0000 Diana 679540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I detest ironing. I own an iron but no ironing board, which might tell you how often I do it. I don't mind being a little wrinkly, and my style is better with some wrinkles anyway. =P That's what I tell myself anyway.</p> <p>One of the many reasons I can't wait for my fiance to move back to town is that he actually enjoys ironing, and then he can do it for me. ;)</p> <p>Oh, and ETA: My mom ironed everything. I was the kid who went to school with ironed jeans and tees. Maybe this is why I prefer a more RATE look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679538 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:45:29 +0000 rachylou 679538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't iron. I have about an hour a day to do *household* things - cooking, laundry, ironing, bill paying, watch a tv show... choices have to be made. I did, though, try to make a step in that direction a month ago: I bought a stand up ironing board.</p> <p>Before that, in the interest of compact living, I only had an ironing pad, which I'd put on top of a table or counter. And this I used only when sewing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679517 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:20:19 +0000 Aziraphale 679517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ironing is a chore I put up with. I lead a fairly casual lifestyle, so many of my clothes don't require ironing, but most of my button-front shirts and some of my skirts do. I grit my teeth and suffer through it because I like the look of a freshly-pressed shirt. I iron my husband's shirts too.</p> <p>I've recently discovered fitted, non-iron shirts. Genius! Will be collecting a few more of those over the next couple of years, I'm sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679514 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:17:22 +0000 qpswan 679514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Miss Jaguar, </p> <p>I believe steaming falls into the same catagory as ironing. Perhaps I need a steamer as well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679510 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:06:49 +0000 DeclawedJaguar 679510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I do love ironing! Preferably while watching tv to make it less monotonous. I have to confess that I have been cheating on my iron lately though. On a recent trip to BB&amp;B I stumbled upon a Rowenta garment steamer on ridiculous clearance (the box was damaged, the steamer pristine) and have been using it nearly daily ever since. It does a great job on even the toughest wrinkles and is very easy to use on details that are hard to iron (ruching, pleats, etc). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679505 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:00:35 +0000 texstyle 679505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rarely if ever do I iron - but I work/live a very casual life style. I do "fake" iron by using a misting bottle of filtered water - I hold the item over the shower and mist away, then leave it hang a few hours or overnight (it's very dry here so an hour is usually all it takes). For heavier wrinkles, more water. If that doesn't work and I really need to look professional or am dressing for an event, then I will break out the iron of course. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679501 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:56:30 +0000 Anonymous 679501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I iron any and every article of clothing (other than pj's) that wrinkles. I do not iron bed linens. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679500 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:55:16 +0000 Anonymous 679500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love ironing. I usually do it on Sunday morning and watch television or listen to audiobooks. I like doing my husband's shirts and trousers. I have a system for every type so I do them in lots, so 6 shirts, then 6 trousers etc. I find it very soothing, almost like a walking meditation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/irony---the-opposite-of-wrinkly#post-679497 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:52:45 +0000 qpswan 679497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How do all of you YLFers feel about ironing? I am definitely on team iron!</p> <p>I have my ironing board set up in my closet. My iron is always plugged in (there is a little button on the extension cord that I step on to turn the iron on). Do any of you have an ironing board that folds down from a cupboard?</p> <p>I generally iron every day and love the look of freshing pressed clothes. I do not iron bed linens, knickers or pj's (but if I were fabulously rich I would pay someone to!).</p> <p>When I traveled by train, I ironed my money so it would go through the ticket machine. </p>