https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:59:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793579 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 04:40:41 +0000 VioletMyra 1793579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dislike ironing and would prefer to never have to do it. When I wash I shake the heck out of my cotton and linen button-up shirts and hang them to dry on old pantihose to reduce wrinkling. I smooth down the overlaps between my thumb and forefinger to flatten the band/facing. I put the shirts on to hangers off the clothes line. I interline my skirts and pants to reduce wrinkling. Most of my wrinkles come from driving in the car to work.<br />Best wishes to all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793478 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:57:07 +0000 Anonymous 1793478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't stand to put something on my body that is wrinkled, but it doesn't bother me at all the way linen and tencel wrinkle during wear. I do despise the way viscose and thin rayon wrinkles like crazy and won't buy those fabrics, even though that sometimes requires walking away from something pretty.<br /> I don't love ironing, but do it while I watch tv. I always have an "ironing show" cued up. Right now it's Frankie and Grace - silly and not enough of a plot I need to pay close attention.<br /> I wear a lot of silk tops and I hand or machine wash on delicate (yeah, I'm a big risk taker!) and then steam. So times I need to iron them a bit at the bottom.<br /> Anchie, am I remembering correctly that you wear a lot of fairly formal business attire? I think you'd love a commercial model steamer if you have space. We bought one over a decde ago when we both wore suits everyday. That baby paid for itself in just a few months because we were able to take things to the dry cleaner less often. It is still going strong and used on a regular basis. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793149 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:36:11 +0000 L'Abeille 1793149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually like ironing! But I hardly ever do it. In fact I couldn't find my iron last month when I went looking for it... I think one of my sewing daughters made off with it.</p> <p>It helps that I am pretty RATE and don't mind a bit of the rumpled look; nothing stays pristine or polished on me for long. But climate is a huge factor too. We live right next to the ocean, and it is almost always damp and cool (compared to other places in the same season, I suppose). So even if something looks wrinkly when I take it out of the closet, by the time I get where I'm going, the wrinkles have all fallen out, except for the new creases from wear. And those, in turn, are minor compared to the humid heat of a southern Ontario summer.</p> <p>It also helps that M. Abeille takes his shirts to the cleaners. That was begun due to a problem with iron staining from our water supply. Before that, i shook them and hung them up directly out of the dryer on permapress cycle (as i do with mine). Or before that, when we lived in Cape Town, hung them on the line, and the "Cape Doctor" (strong local wind) took all the wrinkles away, and sometimes the clothing along with it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793060 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:17:10 +0000 RobinF 1793060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't hate ironing but just don't want to make the time so I avoid it and rarely iron. My cotton tops don't get worn a lot because of that but most other things are OK, I do wear a lot of knits and blends. A good friend of mine brought her iron when our families went camping, and she actually used it! I was astonished. She irons everything.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793038 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:10:41 +0000 Isabel 1793038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE ironing for some bizarre reason. I find it almost meditative and the results are quick and lovely. But I don't spend a lot of time on it nor am I a lover of "crisp" on myself. &nbsp;Though I have always loved how "crisp" Carolina Herrera is as Angie.&nbsp;</p> <p>So I don't like wrinkles but I don't want starched or crisp. So I have started steaming. Or I do a quick iron with particular attention to collars and sleeves. &nbsp;I also iron t shirts unless they are drapey, then I steam them. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793026 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:46:57 +0000 Aquamarine 1793026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have zero tolerance for wrinkles, so I've learned to embrace ironing and have come to even enjoy it. I even iron my t-shirts.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1793000 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:20:15 +0000 approprio 1793000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting to read all the responses here. Had to think this over.</p> <p>Wrinkled is a fact of life for me. Being a dressmaker, I actually quite like ironing, but even the crispest fabric will collapse like a paper bag as soon as I put it on, so I've more or less given up.</p> <p>I think this is one of the reasons I'm so passionate about quality materials. If I look rumpled, I'd like to look elegantly so. For me, the character of the fabric is secondary: inexpensive linen creases as badly as anything else in my opinion. On the other hand, I've found that more or less any fabric of sufficient quality will keep its shape and wear the wrinkles well.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm pretty sure this is why I keep going back to t-shirts too. Much as I love a nice button down, I know a top notch tee will never fail me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles/page/2#post-1792989 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:02:03 +0000 Anonymous 1792989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Silk. &nbsp;I can't say any of my silk blouses wrinkle.&nbsp; </p> <p>I neglected to say I don't iron any more. &nbsp;I made the decision to take all my blouses to the dry cleaners. &nbsp;I strive to get five wearings between cleanings. &nbsp;So far this has worked well but summer may be another story. &nbsp;In the summer, I tend to wash everything after a single wearing. &nbsp;</p> <p>And like Joy I do a load of wash nearly every single day. &nbsp;It keeps everything manageable. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792975 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:49:25 +0000 anchie 1792975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of love for steamers. I don't own one but it seems I should :)<br /> The reason I ask is that I tried on a beautiful blouse yesterday. It had perfect fit, nice drape and was not transparent even though it was white. It seemed like very useful and versatile item that will go with many things. But it was 100% viscose and looked like it will crease like crazy. I can only imagine how it will look like at the end of long day. What is the best material for blouses in your opinion? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792960 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 04:15:09 +0000 Aziraphale 1792960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, when I clicked on this thread, I'd assumed you were talking about <i>facial</i> wrinkles! (In which case, my tolerance is moderate).</p> <p>Clothing wrinkles? Pretty high, actually. I don't mind it if I look a bit disheveled. It's going to happen anyway -- why fight it? And I quite like fabrics that wrinkle hectically, like linen. I have to say, though, that I don't generally think about wrinkles because it's generally not a problem. I wear the sort of clothes that don't seem to develop creases easily. I wear a lot of denim and canvas pants, and coats and jackets that don't wrinkle, as well as sweaters and tee shirts. Sometimes silk shirts. Nothing seems to get creased, except the linen tops, which is part and parcel of the fabric and therefore looks intentional.&nbsp;</p> <p>I've sometimes wondered if a person's preference for polish is related to what they do for a living?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792930 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:54:27 +0000 Jaime 1792930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On my face or my clothes ? Actually despite being naturally RATE, I do not like wrinkles except where they are supposed to be (like linen). I often just skip tops that need to be ironed because I also don't like ironing - or, specifically, like Lisa I don't like setting up the iron. Certain synthetic blends are the most worn in my closet for that reason. That said, I probably have a higher tolerance than many more polished individuals, including a certain ex-boyfriend that would rather be an hour late for work than go out without ironing his shirt. I have no tolerance for lateness at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792925 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:44:20 +0000 Penny 1792925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very low tolerance for wrinkles and low patience for ironing - if the fabric looks like it will wrinkle, I usually move on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792889 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:49:55 +0000 Angie 1792889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apart from linen tops - NO TOLERANCE because I want to look very polished. I will often re-press something in the morning or evening to wear again, and I iron when I travel (I don't camp).&nbsp;<i></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792886 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:43:18 +0000 Momo 1792886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I disklike ironing and ( am so bad at it )S o much that I have had to learn to either buy no wrinkle clothing or be a little rumpled. I do use downy wrinkle releaser and I have a steamer I will occasionally break out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792877 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:28:19 +0000 Bonnie 1792877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like wrinkles and do iron. I'm not keen on ironing, but I do it. I try to buy cotton fabrics because my skin is sensitive and cotton wrinkles. Perma press cotton is treated and that can be a irritant for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792869 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:57:58 +0000 jill58 1792869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right, I do iron linen, but whatever happens after that I'm ok with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792849 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:03:58 +0000 Irina 1792849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind wrinkles in clothes that looks better, in my opinion, wrinkled - linen woven fabrics, but I still iron it after wash. Once it get's wrinkled from wear, I'm fine with it. I iron almost all my clothes. I do it once a week. I don't hate it nor love it, it is what it is. I iron all my tops and sweaters, all pants but jeans. I iron my husband's shirts and polo shirts. I'm happy my husband wears jeans to work now, I used to really hate ironing pants with creases.<br /> I also iron pillows cases, I got lazy and don't do the whole bedding sets anymore :)<br /> Old school, I guess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792842 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:51:59 +0000 jill58 1792842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too have a high tolerance, particularly since I now seem to wear a lot of linen in the summer.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792831 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:55:11 +0000 Anonymous 1792831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My tolerance for wrinkles has in the past been really, really low. &nbsp;I couldn't be seen in public in a wrinkly garment. &nbsp;</p> <p><u>That was the past.</u> &nbsp;Something happened this Spring. &nbsp;I am wearing a lot more linen and I must have made peace with wrinkles because I don't notice them all that much. &nbsp;I wonder if better grades of linen wrinkle less? &nbsp;That seems to be the case, but I can't be certain it is not my imagination. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792808 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:26:42 +0000 Ledonna N. 1792808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore a wrinkled jumpsuit to dinner to me it was a fail. I just did not feel like ironing. I think my tolerance for myself is very low. On other hand it's not a big problem . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792802 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:58:37 +0000 Joyce B 1792802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no tolerance for wrinkled clothes.<br /> My steaming iron keeps my clothes in good shape with less work than ironing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792798 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:50:46 +0000 Greyscale 1792798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like crisp shirts, but I hate ironing (and in fact my ironing board got mildewed or something, so I don't have a good way to iron at the moment). I do use a steamer. It's not ideal for cotton shirts but for all other uses it's as good as ironing, in my opinion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792794 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:40:03 +0000 Anonymous 1792794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Especially because my lifestyle is casual but in proximity to city life I rely on the neatness of the components to keep me from looking too "out of it" for lack of a better way to put it.<br />My clothes don't have to look brand new but they have to look clean, with no threads hanging off, undamaged, and no wrinkles. I don't love ironing but when I buy things that will need it I choose items that are constructed well enough to make it easy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792776 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:17:50 +0000 Anonymous 1792776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Much depends on where I'm going. I like creased with creased, that is, a linen or wrinkled shirt with a linen or wrinkled cotton bottom. If one part is smooth then the whole outfit needs to be smooth for me. I enjoy ironing and listen to a book on tape. I set a timer and just do 15 minutes at a time. Trying to do a whole basket of clothes can be a turn off. For this reason, I try to do a medium load each day rather than several loads one day a week. It makes it more likely that the wash will be folded, ironed if needed, and put away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792765 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:28:18 +0000 Anonymous 1792765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have quite a low tolerance to wrinkles. Most of my fabrics tend to be blended. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792762 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:07:25 +0000 Kate 1792762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loathe ironing, so it's a good thing I have a pretty high tolerance for wrinkling. However, I don't wear blouses because of fit issues--broad shoulders, small bust--and do wear lots of sweaters and knits, which don't wrinkle. I do steam garments when absolutely necessary. I'm happy to let summer linens and cottons wrinkle away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792750 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:47:32 +0000 Ginger 1792750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a high tolerance for wrinkles from wear, but not from washing, especially in cotton. There's a big difference in texture between items that have been ironed and those that have been shaken out, too. (It may be from being a seamstress that I see the difference.) Sometimes hems have flipped up or waistbands folded, and need to be ironed out. And objectively, I don't mind ironing. I just turn on a TV show and it goes quickly. I'm pretty good at it.</p> <p>That said, I still have to find time to do it, and usually it's not a priority. My look is neither crisp nor drapey, so there aren't too many items that need ironing any more. Mostly some of my cooler a-line skirts and a few dresses. I am definitely feeling the urge for some seersucker this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792742 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:30:48 +0000 cindysmith 1792742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me, it depends. If I'm wanting to look put together, then wrinkles make me absolutely insane and I cannot stand them. If I'm having a dystopian day where I want to look like a post-apocalyptic warrior, then wrinkles are a perfect fit.</p> <p>Overall, though, I iron a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792729 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:07:08 +0000 JuniperGreen 1792729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fellow non-ironer here. &nbsp;My dryer has a "wrinkle release steam" phase that works fairly well... sometimes. &nbsp;I have a bunch of poly-blend tops though that would benefit from a good pressing, so I just ordered myself a travel steamer from amazon. &nbsp;Steaming seems more fun than ironing so we shall see! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-tolerance-level-to-wrinkles#post-1792726 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:02:46 +0000 JAileen 1792726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For wrinkled things that I don't want to iron, I'll spray them with a fine mist of water and kind of shake out the wrinkles and pull on the seams, etc. For all but formal events, this works pretty well. My formal events are limited these days. My dry environment means they dry quickly, too. </p>