I've got a date, a wrinkled shirt, and no iron!
Last month I asked for your fashion dilemmas, to put my expertise to the test. It's February, we just passed Valentines Day, so I guess this blog post is a tad premature, but I think it's an issue that comes up often...I'm assuming more often for single guys. Because what girl doesn't own an iron?!
Q. Let's say you've got a date, a wrinkled shirt and no iron, or no ability to use an iron? This situation seems to happen frequently.
- Marzan from Ann Arbor
A. Well Marzan, there is an answer to your dilemma, and it's called a hot shower. Hang your shirt somewhere in the bathroom (other than inside the bathtub, unless it's out of the way of the water) but as near the bathtub as possible. Turn the water on high/hot and shut the door. As the bathroom fills up with steam, your shirt will un-wrinkle. Don't expect the job of an iron, but there will definitely be an improvement.
Another thing you can do is throw it in the dryer for about 5-10 minutes. But be sure to pull it out immediately.
And a third, more renegade approach, would be to boil a pot of water on the stove (one with a long handle works best) then dump out the water, and use the hot pot as an iron.
And finally Marzan, if you plan to go on any more dates, it might be good to invest in an iron.
Please send me your fashion dilemmas, questions, concerns by either commenting here, or emailing me at kellylynnetinsley@gmail.com!
Kelly Tinsley is an Ann Arbor-based fashion designer who blogs about fashion and style for AnnArbor.com. You can visit her Web site at Kellylynne.com, e-mail her at kellylynnetinsley@gmail.com, become a Facebook fan of her designs and follow her on Twitter.
Comments
Adam Jaskiewicz
Mon, Feb 22, 2010 : 11:20 a.m.
If a guy has any dress shirts, he should have an iron. The things wrinkle like crazy, even if you pull them out of the drier immediately.
Kelly Tinsley
Sat, Feb 20, 2010 : 4:53 p.m.
faypatri - this is a fashion column. I guess I'm not as environmentally conscious as the rest of this city, but I don't pretend to be either. :)
faypatri
Sat, Feb 20, 2010 : 2:38 p.m.
This article is telling me to waste an obscene amount of energy by heating up water, pumping it through pipes, and letting it drain, only to take some wrinkles out of a shirt? I would think that in Ann Arbor, a socially and energy responsible city, that things like this would not be recommended...maybe this is just because I'm an engineer but I think it is wasteful and un-american.
Kelly Tinsley
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 : 11:42 p.m.
a girl without a doubt, would have another shirt. But i know plenty of guys with only a handful of dress shirts.
bunnyabbot
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 : 10:54 p.m.
what girl doesn't have another shirt to wear?
Adam Jaskiewicz
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 : 6:03 p.m.
Kelly, that was E G's suggestion; I don't even know what a flatiron is :P
Kelly Tinsley
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 : 5:26 p.m.
ooooh good call on the flat iron, adam! and of coarse, for all your environment lovers, save the water used to steam your shirt, and take a nice hot relaxing bath before your date, to calm your nerves.;)
Adam Jaskiewicz
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 : 3:47 p.m.
Toss it in the drier with a damp towel for a few minutes, and hang it up while it's still hot and damp. And yeah, buy an iron. I'm a guy, and I have one (and a hand-steamer for things like suits). All my pots are pretty scuzzy on the bottom. Stuff drips down the sides and gets burned on, and I just can't be arsed to scour the OUTSIDE of my cookware as thoroughly as the inside. I wouldn't even want to know how horribly that would stain a shirt.