Mens work shirts - non iron?

Zascar

I need some new shirts for work. I hate ironing and a few friend mentioned the non iron shirts are a lot easier. Does anyone have them and what brands are good?

I find the most comfortable convenient shirt for my work is the "common Wifebeater". Oh I work in a prison canteen!!! context is everything! ha ha ha

moleyv

Marks & Spencers.

But I can't say I've ever used them. The non iron trousers are good.

LLewellen Farquarson

I have non-iron shirts from M&S, Olymp, and Eterna.
What I find is that the "non-iron" treatment tends to wear out after a while and I end up ironing them anyway. Which is fine as I enjoy ironing - I find it very theraputic (don't ask !)

On saying that, they still are easier to iron than a non-non iron shirt, and have less wrinkles to start.

The best approach I find is to set them to the lowest spin on the washing machine, take them out of the machine as soon as it is finished, and hang them up to dry on a hanger. This minimises the amount of wrinkles.

noodler

Some shirts are unironable bu I do find the non-iron or easy-iron ones are almost pefect once you hang them up or, worst case scenario, if you do have to iron them it is a fairly simple task.

Bored_lad

I'veheard that the M&S ones are good although I have never used them myself. I don't know how non iron these clothes are and I assume you may actually need to give them the rub of an iron after a wash. I'm sure someone with more expertise will be along soon to tell you.

eviltimeban

I've had M&S non-iron and you always have to iron them, unless you want to look like you've slept in your shirt. There's no fully "non iron" shirt out there.

Bite the bullet and iron your shirts. Always iron them damp, and do enough for the week so you don't have to think about it again. Do it with music on, or on front of the TV, so you don't notice the time go by.

Worst case, bring them in bulk to a dry cleaners, they often will iron shirts for reasonably cheap.

Problem with non-iron shirts is the chemical they use to make them non-iron; not good for the material nor can I imagine for your skin.

Zascar

Dont worry I still iron my shirts! I bloody hate ironing though so anything that will make it easier is a plus. I have one or two shirts that come out of the wash with almost no wrinkles so 30 seconds with the iron and its good. Other need several minutes of pressing the creases out of them! Some shirts look terrible by the end of the day just wearing them!

A friend told me Banana Republic non irons are amazing - but I thought I'd ask here too

eviltimeban

Zascar wrote: »

Dont worry I still iron my shirts! I bloody hate ironing though so anything that will make it easier is a plus. I have one or two shirts that come out of the wash with almost no wrinkles so 30 seconds with the iron and its good. Other need several minutes of pressing the creases out of them! Some shirts look terrible by the end of the day just wearing them!

A friend told me Banana Republic non irons are amazing - but I thought I'd ask here too

It's a combination of the quality of the thread (like with bed sheets) as well as the timing. There's a sweet spot where you can iron a shirt in no time at all, not quite wet, not quite dry... I do believe the word I'm looking for is "damp".

But yeah. Better quality shirts will iron better. I have a shirt from Louis Copeland that irons SO well, and cheaper shirts that are a harder slog.

One tip - white shirts are harder to iron / show creases more than say check or striped shirts. No idea why, I've just always found that. I have two gingham check shirts from TM Lewin and I can iron them in about a minute each, even if completely dry. I also have white TM Lewin shirts, ostensibly the exact same shirt, that I have to rewash if I let them go dry before ironing!

So try out a check / gingham / striped shirt and see how you get on.

hardCopy

M&S non-iron are pretty much all I buy. They do still need to be ironed but they're an awful lot easier than other shirts I own.

Skill Magill

Hey Zascar, fancy meeting you on a fashion and appearance thread
I was in the same predicament last week and went into m&s and bought 6 slim/tailored fit easy iron shirts, all in white.
They look well but defo need to be ironed.
Hate ironing, so I am looking into getting something like this : its a steam press, looks like you just flatten out the shirt and clamp it down, as you can tell I'm no expert

eviltimeban

Seems like an awful lot of money to avoid five minutes standing up with an ironing board.

Skill Magill

Maybe, but not only do I hate ironing, I'm particularly bad at it too

Easy Rider

I have TM Lewin non-iron shirts and they work well, they are easy to iron and much faster than the standard shirts.....

You could get something like this if you need a hand. For me I always do the collar first and then the sleeves, then the body, avoids re-creasing the body of the shirt. If you leave the sleeves last that will happen.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2285689/Trail/searchtext%3ESTEAM+IRON+GENERATOR.htm

colosus1908

Don't sweat it, it M&S...no dogging around.