And it don't wrinkle none either.

[Matt Deckard]

All Cotton Wrinkle free sounds funky though after owning a few shirts from Brooks Brothers a few years back I found they were the best thing for heading to work on a daily basis without having to break out the iron constantly after a wash. You have to iron them every so often, though they look fine without a pressing and the collars stay crisp. It has been about 6 years since I bought an all cotton wrinkle free shirt as I have grown to like wrinkles (realism, you get that lived in look) I may venture to get a new one just for travel.

Much better than the Poly cotton blends of the old days, though the all cotton treated version still have a slight plastic feel they feel more cotton than the blends.

What do you guys and gals think?

 

[Daniel Riser]

I had a wrinkle free shirt a year ago. That shirt was virtually indestructable. I grew out of it so decided to make some tests (I was considering making a dressier version of the Indy shirt in darker colors) and there was nothing I could do to make that shirt wrinkle. I wadded it up in a ball and threw it under the bed for several hours. It didn't matter. Nothing would wrinkle that shirt.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

I have 5 of them from LLBean, and wear one every day of the work week. At the end of the day, I'm still as cleanly pressed looking as the morning. My wife hasn't had to iron a work shirt of mine in over a year.

 

[scotrace]

This's innersting

I've wondered about these. In catalogs the wrinkle free cotton shirts look puckery along the front placket and collar edge.

 

[Matt Deckard]

The all cotton wrinkle free shirts I have owned in the past have pretty much stayed extremely smooth at the seams and the front placket and collar edge. It's pretty amazing. Much better than the blends.

 

[Chad Sanborn]

I have a wrinkle free shirt, and find that it still wrinkles. It doesn't wrinkle as much as my other cotton or linen shirts, I still find the need to iron it. I am a little bit anal when it comes to ironing though. I almost always iron my shirts, even my undershirts. So maybe I am not the best judge of 'wrinkle free shirts'.

Chad

 

[scotrace]

Glad for this thread.

Next time I spot a good sale I'll give a wrinkle free cotton shirt a try. There must be something to it, as most retailers are pushing them now.
I'm much like you, Chad. I can't abide a wrinkle or pucker anywhere at the start of the day. It's like a bit of fluff on the shirt of the person in front of you... must.... remove... that.... pucker...
But I have been sending my shirts out for several years. They have shorter lives that way, but it's worth a buck and a half or so to not have to spend the time at the ironing board, and I can request heavy starch and they come back nice and potato chippy.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I have one of those Brooks Brothers non-iron shirts that I recieved as a gift. I tried to wear it, honestly I did but I just don't like it and so it sits in the closet now.

Yes, it remains neat and wrinkle-free all the time but the material never feels anywhere near as soft as regular cotton, especially regular cotton shirts which have been "lived in" for a while. The button-down collars are always the same shape, they never have the classic Brooks roll to them.

I think it basically comes down to whether you prefer a perfectly unwrinkled shirt or a comfortable shirt. Plus I think the non-iron shirts have sort of a preternatural feel to them, like they are unholy in some way. They just don't feel "right."

 

[Matt Deckard]

You know what Vlad... I still haven't bought the shirt. They are a bit stiff. If I do get the wrinkle free all cotton it will probably be a white collar white cuff blue body combo, though until then I still like wrinkles.

 

[Canadave]

Does anyone know what MAKES them wrinkle-free? Is it some kind of chemical treatment, or something?

David

 

[Matt Deckard]

THE DIP

 

[Lauren]

Tee Hee :clap , Memories are coming back to me of watching movies with my dad. He can say that really well. "The DIIIIIP"

I believe it's a finish applied to the fabric after it's been woven. Are they 100% cotton, generally? Usually if they add a synthetic (other than rayon or acetate) it generally makes it more wrinkle resistant as well.

 

[Mr. 'H']

I have 1 or 2 of those shirts but I have to say they still need a good pressing to look sharp. I do not rate them at all. I mean a "non-iron" label is meaningless to me.

I do all my own ironing so I know this....

 

[Canadave]

THE DIP

If this is a response to my question, it's way over my head.

David

 

[Mycroft]

THE DIP

Is it also the same for superbowl party snacks, anyhow how long does the "dip last," because I know tephlon pants stop working after many washings. :coffee: -The Dip

 

[Matt Deckard]

They apply resin. Sort of a varnish that is baked into the fibers of the shirt. being baked in it messes with the molecular leval of the cotton. Won't shrink and little wrinkling and still cotton.

 

[Lauren]

THE DIP

Canadave, It's from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

 

[Mycroft]

They apply resin. Sort of a varnish that is baked into the fibers of the shirt. being baked in it messes with the molecular leval of the cotton. Won't shrink and little wrinkling and still cotton.

Oh, very cool, so now its The Dip from Frankenstein's lab, any thanks for the info.

 

[BellyTank]

I've had 2 'no iron' shirts on 2 different occaisions, both were a very, very fine twill cotton. I thought that the twill weave may have helped...

B
T

 

[sandysot]

These days, at most stores and online sellers, wrinkle free cotton dress shirts sell for about 30% less than the all cotton variety.The iron ease of wrinkle free, in the world of insufficient time, is a powerful draw and has its place. I prefer the all-cotton dress shirt because it feels better on my skin-I just didnt like the feeling of the plastic coating that wraps the cotton fibers in the non-wrinkle variety.And I found that perspiring, while wearing wrinkle free, left my skin damp. But to be fair, my wife doesnt mnd ironing my all cotton shirts, which saves me the cost of laundering them.