Gregory's Server@robb This has to do also with changes in fabric
eg real, or old style cotton shirts need to be ironed
new shirts, even from Brooks Brothers, are no iron cotton, eg IMO sleazy cheap fabric for wannabess
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and our parents did a lot of sewing - my mom had a machine, and a whole bunch of those paper patterns  Irons are definitely needed for most sewing! My grandmother had an amazing laundry/sewing room with multiple irons.  @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb Progress! Marching ever onward to extinction of life on Earth!  @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb Genuine question: Is it really just lower fabric quality that makes e.g. business shirts “non-iron”? Or is it some other properties of the fabric, such as the weave, that makes it less prone to wrinkling? (I’m thinking of business shirts here, bit fast fashion) @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb (scrolls down a little further in the thread) Ok everyone, it looks like our patron saint on Team Fuck Ironing is Ruth R. Benerito, who in the 1950s invented a process to make cotton wrinkle-free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_R._Benerito Plus of course the hippies and other assorted subcultures, who freed us from the tyranny of having to dress properly. @slothrop @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb here's an overview of some wrinkle resistant finishes: basically, coat the fabric in a resin. Which kind does your shirt have? No, we're not going to put that on the label for you. @slothrop @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb an investigation into wrinkle resistant coatings and other chemicals in clothing @Frances_Larina @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb The treatments to reduce wrinkling aren't what is reducing the life of garments. I've got a couple of items left from the 1990s and I don't iron them. Fast fashion is a problem, but I don't believe it's the cause of not ironing. Rising popularity of tumble driers is likely a bigger impact. @justNickoli @failedLyndonLaRouchite @robb Garments now are made with much inferior fabrics. Some are no-iron, some are not. But all are thinner and have weaker threads. They literally wear out quicker. |
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Right? We had to iron in the 90's & early 00's because the fabric was heavy enough to last for a decade or two. Now many clothes are so much easier, you just buy them, wear them a few times and they're worn out so you buy new ones. Progress!