Non Iron Shirts for Work

guy999

Anybody know of which are best, instead of just ironing 5 shirts on a Sunday night, thought I could save some time, you know wash them, hang up and wear! Or am i just lazy
But do they actually work ?
Or could i get minimal ironing ones
Cheers

Mr_Mumble

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I'd like to know the answer to the question too! Anyone have experience with non-iron shirts?

guy999

Any ideas anyone

unrich

Get 100% cotton shirts from M&S. I find blue ones best. Woven cotton (sort of diagonal patterns rather than square weave) but NOT OXFORD (it rumples like anything, OK if you have a fag/slave/live in parallel universe). It works with white shirts(square weave) but the blue seem slightly thicker and better suited. Also they hide dirt a little better and match my eyes (OH tells me).

Its not just the shirt that counts its in the washing too.

I do my shirts on a short/daily wash and occasionally do them on a whites cycle for a deep clean (every 2/3 months). This takes 2 minutes to put on. You should have about 5-8 shirts (buy one every couple of months) and do a weekly wash. Wash whites/shirt blues together and dark colours separately.

After the wash (30 mins) take them STRAIGHT OUT and if you're lucky hang them on the line to air dry outside. Peg upside down, a peg at each seam. 5 minutes to do.

Or if drying inside, put the shirts on plastic hanger, hang the shirts on a door frame. They will dry overnight and can be ironed nmext morning or put in the wardrobe next evening after work. 5 minutes to do.

Don't leave the shirt in the washer for any length of time. Don't leave wet shirts rumpled in a basket. Don't dry on anything that creases the fronts.

If you are wearing under a suit/jacket where you have minimal exposure you can get away with a shirt like this. Alternatively buy some really bright beautiful ties. Woven silk lasts longest, printed silk deforms quickest, synthetic snags and pulls and looks tatty quickly. Jacket and tie hide the shirt front.

Alternatively just iron the fronts. 5 minutes after putting a shirt on, the back and arms are creased anyway. Takes 1-2 minutes. Or about 10-12 minutes for a weeks worth of washed and front ironed.

Occasionally if I have a hard week ahead I will iron 5 shirts in a session, it doesn't take that long when they are already nearly crease free, 15-20 mins. That's a total of 20 to 25 minutes effort for a fully ironed shirt each day.

If you have meetings/customer facing use a fully ironed shirt. If you have a day in the cave a non-ironed will do. The difference is about 2 minutes of effort.

Non-iron shirts can be found near the British manufactured chocolate fireguards in shops where customer service comes before shareholder profit.

Also if you look really smart for meetings and special moments people perceive you as smart. Have a nice shirt. Wear jacket and a flashy tie with a bold colourful pattern. Shine your shoes. Keep your hair neat. The people that count will see this you. The real you may have a slight crumple to a shirt most of the time but you will keep this mostly to your day to day colleagues.

One final thing, after ironing, leave a shirt on the hanger for as long as you can. It lets the fibres settle and dry (steam iron). The creases and flats will last longer. Keep ironed shirts on a hanger in a wardrobe.

ladymarmalade

I agree, Marks and spencers ones are the best

merlinormartin

hi .... my OH buys marks & sparks "non iron" shirts ... but he still tends to iron them most days :rolleyes:.... a friend sticks his into the tumble drier for a few minutes rather than ironing, and they look "ok" ... or if your feeling lazy .. morrisons will wash and iron 5 shirts/blouses for £6 and all items are returned on wire coat hangers :cool:

wishiwasarichgirl

easy if you are a girl, get the ones which are a slightly "crinkly" material. I have a few of these and I haven't ironed in months. The other ones I just hang up after I wash them, I keep meaning to iron them then I realise that I have run out of other clean clothes and just think f*** it, that'll do. Depends how fussy you are!

sparklegirl_3

hi non iron shirts at mataland starting at 4.99
hope this helps

soolin

I can highly recommend the Van Heusen non iron shirts. My OH is very fussy about his work shirts and these look crisp and ironed regardless of how hot a wash you use.

You need to be disciplined though and as soon as the washing machine finishes take them out and hang them, and no tumble drying!.

They are expensive but buy in the sales and you can often get a bargain. I just bought 3 for just £30 the lot last week from Freeport in Braintree. They are usually around £35 each.

olajonca

i bought a few for my husband from matalan, well u still have ti sort of iron them or do what we do-i give him a v necjumper to wear over the shirt-he looks like middle-aged accountant from 70ties-not that its someting wrong-but i have time to do something else

fiscalfreckles

I've bought "non-iron" shirts from Tesco, M&S and (I think) Next, and I always iron them anyway!

They are quite quick & easy to do though, and only need minimal ironing.

The only shirts I don't have to iron are a couple made from textured fabric, but these are "going out" shirts rather than work ones. They are fine as long as they are hung up quickly after washing.

I have also tried non iron school blouses for my daughters from BHS and Woolies, but again feel the need to iron these too. Sometimes I don't in winter as they wear a sweatshirt over anyway.

I don't believe that a true Non iron shirt exists!