I’m seeing it every where as well, and I have mixed feelings. I don’t iron, and so I’m trying to get used to the wrinkles and creases….because I do like the way linen feels, lightweight and yet strong.

I love linen. Part of the bargain is that you have to not be bothered by the wrinkling--some people can't get past it, but I don't care--it's just the best thing to wear on a hot day.

I have to say, pressed linen sheets are simply THE BEST on a hot summer night. I have slept on some at Italian relatives' houses and not forgotten the treat that it is, crisp and cool and smooth, mmm. I inherited a linen sheet set from my grandmother, though, and the one time I laundered and tried to iron them by hand, my husband walked in on the scene, me sweating, linen draped absolutely everywhere, and he said, "You're setting the women's movement back about 100 years right now." I later learned that linen pros send their sheets to professional launderers who iron them by machine (called a mangle).

My summer of linen actually started last year, with several pairs of linen or linen-blend pants and a couple of jackets and really enjoyed it. I'm probably less a fan of a linen top -- maybe because I' haven't had a good one or because I haven't figured out the right formula for the rest of the outfit.

I've never worn much linen before this. My first linen was a brown Esprit suit (pair of suits, really) in the very early 90s -- a brown, black and cream checked jacket and skirt, plus brown linen pants and blazer. The linen was so bad the pants wore through the inner thighs before the first summer was out. My thighs did not exactly rub together then like they do now, so that put me off linen for a long time...

Lol Lesley. Somehow the YouTube algorithm once feed me a video of someone ironing their sheets on their bed…I never laughed so hard..clearly as much as google knows me, they still have a lot to learn

Oh My Lesley I can think of nothing worse than ironing a linen sheet. Actually ironing anything linen is a bit of a pain, and I am not one who hates ironing really. It is so easy to iron creases into linen. Gah, that said the 3 items I have I do attempt to iron, although not perfectly.

About your green shirt problem, @Janet — I think it’s definitely something that could improve with laundering. Linen pieces soften quite a bit over their lifetime. Heat also affects them, so a hang-dried linen shirt will be rough and crunchy until ironed, while a tumble-dried one will be soft and bouncy. Even our body heat is enough to soften and relax linen a bit, which is nice for smoothing out the little allover wrinkles, but can sometimes cause big wrinkles like what you described.

I love how linen feels after drying on a line outside! Sheets and duvet covers are the only linen things I don’t usually iron. Pillow cases and all clothes get ironed after wash.

Val and Irina, that’s very helpful — thanks! The shirt is in the laundry hamper now so we’ll see how it fares with washing. I typically put things in the dryer for a little while to shake out some of the wrinkles and then hang to dry the rest of the way. I wonder if that would work with linen. Does linen shrink if you machine dry it?

Janet some linen may shrink in the dryer, but your method of drying a bit then air dry the rest is a good one. Linen seems to have a personality of its own so I have different methods for different garments.
I have some linen that I dry completely in the dryer and it does not shrink, but I mostly line dry and then iron some. Sounds silly but line dry on a windy day is the best...soft, wrinkle free and fresh smelling.

Indigoprint, I’m so with you on line drying linen! I love the smell of freshness!
I dry bedding in our dryer in the colder months and it seems OK. I had linen t-shirts that shrunk, though. So, I’m not sure. I wear linen only in the summers and air dry everything.

Just remembered, I received a bottle of "White linen" for high school graduation. My first grown up fragrance!

Yessss, I really love linen(and have a few already) but am picky as per Janet said, a flat uni natural or dull pastel color doesn't do me any favors in big doses-so tend to buy as white as possible/more saturated (for ex chock brown) or prints. This season I bought some more including 2 wide leg crop pants (white and taupe), 2 shirts (yellow and mint)-(in linen blends) and these 2 dresses (same print, but different color and CUT) of 100% linen.
https://www.street-one.de/dame.....leinen-mid
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