Are No-Iron Dress shirts (like Paul Fredrick, etc) REALLY absolutely no iron?

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  • #596252
    Ofcourse
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    Which need little or no touch ups and look like they came from the Chinese cleaner?

    #785100
    apushatayid
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    Someone bought me a lands end no iron shirt and it looks like was used as a doormat. I dont own any, but ive heard people claim the brooks brothers no iron shirts, really are no iron and look nice and crisp after a washing.

    #785101
    flyer
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    you have to put it into the dryer for ten minutes and then shake and hang up. Then they are usually ok – I don’t know if for shabbos

    #785102
    boredinoffice
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    I only wear Brooks Brothers – great shirt and classy looking

    #785103
    StuffedCabbage
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    yeah brooks brothers are for sure the best…..you wash and dry them and they look freshly iron every time..there’re AMAZING!!!

    #785104
    commonsense
    Participant

    sorry they usually do not look freshly ironed. they may not look totally creased but they do not have that crisp freshly ironed look.

    #785106

    i think officially non iron shirts are supposed to be sent into the dry cleaners and they will remain crisp throughout the day. yeshiva bochurim interpret non iron as meaning dont send into dry cleaners

    #785107
    dunno
    Member

    Another vote for Brooks Brothers!

    #785108

    i dont know why there shud be a difference depending on company. if it says iron free than it means iron free regardless of the company

    #785109
    Ofcourse
    Member

    If I’m after the crisply ironed “Chinese cleaner” look, and I have to send them to the cleaner for this look, is there any reason for me to pay more for non-iron?

    #785110
    yoyo56
    Member

    my brothers have lands end and brooks i dont like the white brooks brothers when they come out of the wash they dont look like they came from the cleaners but the colored one loooks nice but lands end non iron and oxford which my father also has does not need dry cleaning comes out of the was looks like it was just taken to the dry cleaners it looks fabulous i really recommend it!

    #785111
    flyer
    Participant

    of course – no, If you really need it starched it does not pay.

    #785112

    I have a few BB shirts that i’ve been washing, drying, and wearing every day(basically) this year and they still look great- though not pressed, they look fresh and neat!

    #785113
    HIE
    Participant

    arrow’s aren’t bad,not as nice as brooks brothers htough

    #785114

    Century 21 carries a shirt called Eagle that wears very well, no iron. For weekday, oxford, Kirkland is very good (Costco’s brand). Both are reasonably priced as well. How much are the BB no-irons?

    #785115
    SJSinNYC
    Member

    I get my husband shirts at JC Penney. We never iron and they look nice.

    #785116
    beach boy
    Participant

    nice can be very relative, but i wear bb and they are very nice and always look fresh. you can get them on sale a few times a year

    #785117
    yolk
    Member

    and does anyone know where a girl can find an INEXSPENSIVE oxford no iron type o;f shirt??

    #785118
    charliehall
    Participant

    Geoffrey Beene “Sateen” shirts truly need no ironing. They are fit to wear right out of the dryer.

    #785119
    ShloimieB
    Participant

    not so simple.

    I have B.B. shirts that have begun to tear after a certain number of washings. These are not rips on sharp objects and not seams.

    While they are not wrinkled they do not have the appearance of a fine cotton freshly pressed shirt, the fabric is thicker and does not breath.

    I am told that the Lakewood way is to use them mid week and not on Shaboss.

    #785120
    Ofcourse
    Member

    charlieh: They dont seem to come in french cuff. I see Geoffrey Beene shirts w french cuffs, and Geoffrey Beene “Sateen” shirts, but none that are both sateen and french cuffs.

    #785121
    ilovetorah
    Participant

    i own paul fredrick and bb shirts. i find that non iron means that throughout the day they stay fresh without getting all the wrinkles in them that a reg shirt will get after ten min. but if you wash it and take it out of the dryer they WILL NOT look they just came from the cleaners, pressed and starched – but they will not be wrinkled. chag kosher vsameich.

    #785122
    pshat
    Member

    apushiteyid is probably exaggerating, landsend shirts are far worse!

    #785123
    welldressed007
    Participant

    Go to the outlet stores holiday times when Brooks Brothers has their sale, open an account and receive additional discounts, the non-iron version should then cost about $30..

    #785124
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    eagle (not american eagle) shirts are great no iron shirts. joseph a bank shirts are good no iron shirts as well…but if you launder them in a machine they will start to come apart after around a year. personally i dry clean all my clothing anyway…lands end is horrendous. crofter and barrow is DECENT if you live near a kohls and want cheap good shirts. theres also a difference between coloured and white shirts…white shirts tend to be worse when they are no iron…no idea why im just talking from experience

    #785125

    BTW, I happened to be in Century today, and noticed that not only do they have a lot fewer Eagle shirts, but also that they’ve gone up by about $5-6. Wish I’d bought by guys some before Pesach!

    #785126

    Last week a friend told me that she spends $80 (or $60 on sale) for BB shirts for her HS son, because that’s what all the boys in his mesivta wear and he wants to fit in. What kind of message are we giving our kids by indulging them in this way! I’m totally floored, and grateful that my sons attend a mesivta that isn’t gashmius oriented.

    #785127
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    i buy shirts for 80 dollars…because i like 80 dollar shirts 🙂

    #785128
    dvorak
    Member

    In my experience, “no iron” means just that IF AND ONLY IF you treat the shirts properly- as in, wash according to the directions, and hang them up in the closet. If you’re going to throw them in a heap on the floor, or crumple them in your going-away-for-Shabbos bag, then you bet you’re gonna need to iron them!

    #785129
    mewho
    Participant

    some have to be washed on gentle cycle etc.

    hang to dry and so on

    #785130
    apushatayid
    Participant

    Dont buy 100% cotton shirts. 70/30 blends tend to not wrinkle as much, and require very little touch up. If you want the stiff as a board starched look, you will have to have them sent out and ask for heavy starch, no matter what shirt you buy or how much you pay.

    #785131
    real-brisker
    Member

    Brooks Brothers, and Jos. A Bank – are great shirts, wash, dry, hang, wear, and they look crisp.

    #785132
    yungerman1
    Participant

    Brooks Brothers!!!

    A Woman outside bklyn- Most yeshiva bachurim send their shirts to the dry cleaners. BB shirts can be laundered at home and look great. After a while it is cost effective to buy BB shirts.

    Also……. did you know that within the first couple of years if you have any complaint you can bring the shirt back to any BB store and they will give you a new one? I did this twice!

    #785133

    My issue isn’t with the presumed high quality of BB. Mine is with the “need” for a HS boy to have his parents buy him shirts of this caliber. HS boys aren’t exactly careful with their clothing, and surely are the stuff it in the Shabbos bag types.

    If my husband wants them, fine, he earned them, literally and figuratively.

    #785134
    adorable
    Participant

    Would you buy them for your son if he earned them from you?

    #785135
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    welcome to brooklyn 😛

    #785136
    adorable
    Participant

    I was thinking that bomb!

    #785137
    Poster
    Member

    My husband tried Lands End, BB, and Jos. A Bank. I still think the BB are the best. By the end of the day my husband’s shirt looks crisp. I know some women that iron these shirts, I don’t and I think they look great.

    #785138
    real-brisker
    Member

    Its a waste of time to iron these shirts.

    #785139
    adorable
    Participant

    I dont know why but I think when I iron my BB blouses they always look crisper. I generally do….

    #785140

    Adorable, you asked about what if my son earned the shirt. In that case, why not? But I am against it just because “everyone else is”. To me, that shrieks of gashmius.

    #785141
    anon1m0us
    Participant

    I have Paul Fredrick and they are great!! Follow the directions and it comes out great!!

    chayav inish livisumay: You can NOT send a non iron to the cleaners. If you do you will ruin the shirts and void any warranty.

    #785142
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    lolwut

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