Originally Posted by
majoreyeswater
Put shirt on hangar in hotel bathroom.
NB Take spare hangar with you in case you encounter the Headless Hangers of Doom in the hotel!
Turn shower on to full blast, and as hot as it will go.
Turn off light (v. important as extractor fan usually connected to same)
Go to bar. Have several pints.
Come back - all creases will have miraculously fallen from shirt.
NB Bathroom floor and surfaces will have become as slippery as a bag of ****holes by this point so take care!!
This system has served me well for years...
An American colleague used to swear by shirts containing Teflon - apparently they were completely crease-free. Looked cheap and nasty, mind, were very uncomfortable and irritated the skin, but stayed crease-free!
Works a treat after packing a suit -SHUDDER.
I admit it, I have been shown millions of times by the wife, but this 'iron' is beyond me -I'm totally serious here. I also did law many moons ago, maybe this is the connection?! I either BURN my clothes or myself, end up ironing the creases IN as she puts it, etc. DO they not have a drycleaners or something where they do ironing by you!! I love hotel laundry services because I just can't cope! Folding is bad enough, I've only just mastered it, but it's quite easy when you know how. But packing is just beyond me -how my wife gets so much into such a small space without it arriving all creased is beyond me. This is especially a problem when going to multiple cities on an itinerary -I generally take one bag for each stop
. I now have one NY bag and one Chicago bag -I couldn't cope otherwise!