Too lazy to iron? Read this

Megan Collins Contributing Writer, Style

A friend of mine showed up to dinner recently looking a little worse for wear. Wearing khakis and a dress shirt, his clothes were totally clean – just covered in wrinkles.

I didn’t say anything, because, I mean, I’m not a monster. I’m not going to go out to dinner with you and grade you on your outfit. Unless you ask me to.

Thankfully, he ended up bringing up the subject on his own.

“The girls at my office say I always look rumpled.” He didn’t want to iron all his shirts (“I mean, they’re clean!” he argued), so what could he do?

If, like my friend, you’re staunchly anti-iron, a few things will help:

Remove shirts from the dryer as soon as they’re done. A fabric’s shape “sets” as it cools; if a shirt sits all balled up in the dryer, it’ll come out wrinkly.

Hang the shirt up in the bathroom as you take a shower. The moisture and heat will relax the fabric, releasing wrinkles.

Take it to a dry cleaner for a wash and press. The gigantic iron they use may break a few buttons along the way, and the buck or two they charge per shirt does add up, but depending on how lazy you are, it might still be worth not having to wash and iron your own shirts.

Buy non-iron shirts. The cotton is treated with chemicals that makes them wrinkle-resistant. Of course, those same chemicals also make the shirt less durable, less breathable, with duller colors and an unnatural sheen. I also think there’s also something kind of gross about wearing a shirt covered in the same ingredient they embalm bodies with (formaldehyde), but I know plenty of guys who travel for work or are just averse to an iron who swear by the things.

Invest in a steamer. For less than fifty bucks, a hand steamer will pull wrinkles and creases out of your clothes with less effort than an iron, saving you from looking like you slept in between your couch cushions.

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Rowenta Ultrasteam Handheld Fabric Steamer, $30

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