Boys' clothes: Ironed? Or fresh from dryer?

[Anonymous]

If your son wears khakis and button downs to school, are they ironed? Or just taken out of the dryer before they are super wrinkly?

Anyone have their kid do the ironing?

[Anonymous]

Back in the Dark Ages, when I went to Catholic school, I was expected to iron my own uniform. But I was a girl in a working-class family. I think most people on this board have staff to do the cleaning, ironing, etc.

I've found that tossing cotton shirts in the dryer for 5-10 minutes removed wrinkles. You can then give the shirts a good shake or tug all the way around and hang them up to dry completely. I only iron on days when the kids have pictures taken or they have a school assembly or special event.

[Anonymous]

We try to buy wrinkle resistant clothes for school, and if it's really bad, I'll steam them really fast with the steamer, or throw them in the dryer with a wet towel. I despise ironing though, and I don't trust my kids to do it yet. If I don't have time to do any of those, they go to school with wrinkles and a reminder to hang up their clean clothes faster next time.

[Anonymous]

No ironing just wrinkle free 100% cotton shorts lands end

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No ironing just wrinkle free 100% cotton shorts lands end

this this this. Nothing but this. Ever.

[Anonymous]

Ironed. Always. And shirts starched. Wrinkle free is not wrinkle free.

[Anonymous]

I aim for clean, never thought about wrinkles. But a lot of times the clothes are straight from the dryer because they've just been washed.

[Anonymous]

For kids? No way. I do iron our adult clothes though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ironed. Always. And shirts starched. Wrinkle free is not wrinkle free.

+ 1

DS goes to public school and there is no uniform, but I feel that un-ironed clothes make people look unkempt, even if they do not have wrinkles. There is a crispness and freshness to clothes that are ironed and they hang well on the body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ironed. Always. And shirts starched. Wrinkle free is not wrinkle free.

+ 1

DS goes to public school and there is no uniform, but I feel that un-ironed clothes make people look unkempt, even if they do not have wrinkles. There is a crispness and freshness to clothes that are ironed and they hang well on the body.

Totally agree with you... for adults. For kids who are old enough to iron, they can do it themselves, and if they refuse, it's their choice. If they're not old enough to operate an iron, does it really matter if their pants are ironed if they get grass stains at recess and drop stuff on themselves at lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No ironing just wrinkle free 100% cotton shorts lands end

this this this. Nothing but this. Ever.

This poster. To be clear, just needs to be wrinkle free. I've had decent luck with lands end uniform clothes but I'm pretty sure my kids' pants have Teflon in them. They come out of the drying standing up.
My older DD had a wrinkle free button down uniform blouse from llbean that still had the "just ironed" factory creases along sleeves after 2 years of washes. Sadly that shirt is discontinued.

[Anonymous]

Ha ha ha. Sometimes my son pulls his favorite pants back out of the dirty clothes. If they aren't stained, I don't argue. Life is too short.

[Anonymous]

I NEVER iron anything at all. I don't have time for that sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I NEVER iron anything at all. I don't have time for that sh*t.

+10000

(Daisy patches are the exception)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I NEVER iron anything at all. I don't have time for that sh*t.

Me here again, I also refuse to own anything that needs dry cleaned. If I can't throw a clothing item in the washer and dryer, I don't want it.