Wednesday, March 5, 2014

How about a thread "how to properly iron a shirt?"

We at Lem's aim to please! Here you go.



He has a British accent, so he must be an authority. There's also book How To Iron Your Own Damn Shirt.

EDIT!  How to press trousers.

27 comments:

chickelit said...

Blogger ate your video link?

Michael Haz said...

Fixed.

bagoh20 said...

The proper way to iron a shirt at my house is to spray it with water and put it in the dryer alone for few minutes. Kind of a time out for the misbehaving shirt. That unusually modifies his behavior. If not, then it goes to Goodwill, which is kind of like threatening to put him up for adoption. Everything I know about raising well-behaved clothes I learned from my own parents.

Proper ironing of a shirt by a modern metro-sexual of the highest order.

Leland said...

I saw one of these with older women talking about how to iron shirts.

I learned ironing in college ROTC. I can even do Sergeant creases. But, for a $1.29 a shirt, I'll allow someone else to iron my shirts, because they also wash and hang them for me.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Wheres is iron?

At ChipA's chest.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Tough crowd.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Was it Eve's idea to name it iron?

KCFleming said...

I already ironed like in the first video (can't see the second cuz shockwave exploded or sumpin), but I did not know the 'collar button trick'.

Saved me 30 seconds at least!

KCFleming said...

Now let's talk pants ironing.

ndspinelli said...

The video would shoe me dropping it off to my Korean lady's shop and saying, "no starch."

john said...

The only times I iron my good shirt is in a hotel room. I barely have 3 minutes. My sleeves never lay flat like that.

But being British, you know this guy has all day to iron. His cohorts do the cooking and dusting and gardening.

Fr Martin Fox said...

The best part of an ironed shirt is the starch that keeps it looking good. Back when I could afford it -- and had 100% cotton shirts, I'd pay to have them laundered and pressed, and I really liked the look and feel of it, especially at the end of the day and it still looked pretty good.

deborah said...

Thank, Haz! I did not know that leading with the tip was what caused ridge wrinkles.

KCFleming said...

And here I thought ridge wrinkles were just normal aging.

john said...

Hey Father, preaching in a chasuble kind of removes the need for starch, doesn't it?

deborah said...

Pogo, if you mean brow furrow, it is for me...do you think botox is relatively safe?

And yes, pants are the real bitch. I have trouble making the creases not go double, so that there's two lines running close together.

Michael Haz said...

Added! How to press trousers. See top of thread.

deborah said...

Thanks, Haz :)

KCFleming said...

Yes, botox is relatively safe.

I have some concern when people learn how to use it in a weekend conference and then start shooting it everywhere though.

Inexperience and unwarranted confidence aren't limited to medicine, but are more dangerous there.

I'd stick with well-trained folks at first, and then branch out. Then you have some idea who to trust.

KCFleming said...

Wow, Haz, asked and answered!

deborah said...

Ohhhhh....you need to match the top seams, too. And you need a banger.

Michael Haz said...

So happy that I can add an element of happiness to the lives of others. As you can tell by my ready access to these videos, I live quite the raucous life.

deborah said...

Well, I have an excellent recommendation from my FP.

I knew a nurse once whose friends had horses, which sometimes need botox for muscles problems. She and her friends would have botox parties. (I can't recall if the nurse I knew participated, or just knew of.)

deborah said...

Cabin fever...it ain't pretty ;)

ndspinelli said...

How to press a dicky would be helpful for Sixty.

Fr Martin Fox said...

john said...
Hey Father, preaching in a chasuble kind of removes the need for starch, doesn't it?


Heh. Yes it does.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

Brits are indeed awesome fucking dressers. Not all, but a much higher proportion - especially young male professionals in the financial sector. Sharp as hell. I found a bunch of awesome clothiers while I was there - it was probably along Jermyn Street. Anyway, you won't always find the best prices but my favorite corporate shirt-sellers ended up becoming Charles Tyrwhitt and T.M. Lewin. You will find shirts from those guys that put what any American company will make to shame. Absolute shame.