Do you still iron your clothes or is it a thing of the past?

[Anonymous]

Regularly. Shirts and trousers and shorts. I like the crispness of ironed clothes.

[Anonymous]

We had to buy one when my DD got into perler beads so no. I do steam my clothes though.

[Anonymous]

I iron almost every day. I don't see how good can't. A lot of my clothes don't go in the dryer and they do not dry smooth enough for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 45, dress stylishly, and come from Europe. My mother ironed something nearly every day. I vowed I would never do that. My husband gets the iron out when he needs to add a patch on worn gardening clothing or something. I haven't had to use it in years, and can live with a few wrinkles in my clothes. If it's something that's wrinkle-prone, I hang it up to dry.

Hanging still leaves things very wrinkled

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

I iron clothes for work, but rarely need to iron when traveling.

I don't think it's a problem that you had to call the desk. Not stocking them in every room lets the hotel have fewer but you still had one when you wanted it.

[Anonymous]

I have a housekeeper who irons or steams what needs it.

[Anonymous]

Years ago I did an ironing session for a batch of clothes about once a week. Gradually moved towards work clothes that don't wrinkle. Then remote work happened followed by retirement and now I only wear soft stretchy clothes. It's a problem because I'm gaining weight due to the stretch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I own an iron and it gets used maybe once a month. DH is more likely to use it, for work clothes, most of mine either don't need ironing at all or I dry clean them.

What I use a lot is a hand steamer. Even on stuff that I previously might have ironed, like a linen shirt. I prefer the result with the steamer more -- it doesn't touch the fabric so it doesn't get that flattened, stiffened look that ironed clothes sometimes get, it just relaxes any wrinkles or creases out. I bought it for my DD's dance costumes but now I mostly use it for myself. Also love that it travels easily.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 45, dress stylishly, and come from Europe. My mother ironed something nearly every day. I vowed I would never do that. My husband gets the iron out when he needs to add a patch on worn gardening clothing or something. I haven't had to use it in years, and can live with a few wrinkles in my clothes. If it's something that's wrinkle-prone, I hang it up to dry.

Hanging still leaves things very wrinkled

PP you replied to. That's subjective. I am often complimented on my outfits, so apparently people are fine with whatever degree of wrinkling there is!

[Anonymous]

DH and I both iron weekly. Occasionally use the steamer.

[Anonymous]

I'm pp and both DH and I iron in hotels if we're going out, especially since suitcases make wrinkles.

[Anonymous]

I was just in a new 5 star hotel and the room had a super fancy steamer. It was nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use both an iron and steamer. Wrinkled clothes look awful

+1. Those of you who never iron or steam your clothes - you know you look like slobs, right?

[Anonymous]

I don't own an iron, but I do own a fancy steamer. I wear linen or cotton dresses every day because I live in a tropical country with one season: hot and humid, and a lot of my dresses are long and flow-y, so would be a pain to iron. The steamer is so much more pleasant to use than an iron, and faster: it has a stand extending from its water tank, and it extends so that I can hang long or short dresses on it for steaming.

I also have a little travel steamer that I take with me when I have to travel and stay in hotels. I use it on all kinds of fabrics, and I think the steaming does help clothes last longer/look good longer.

I will never buy another iron.