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When getting my dress shirts tailored, the worker always asks me if I prefer light, med, or heavy starch. I usually go with medium, because I prefer the look of a nice, crisp dress shirt. What do you guys think?
 
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Any laundry that starched a shirt of mine would never get my business again. But then, I believe ironing is something that happens to other people.
 
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I used to have heavy starch but learned over time that shirts last longer and do not get as wrinkled during the day when I request light starch. Additionally, for an OCBD, light starch lets the natural roll of the collar occur much better.
Tom
 
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No starch. In truth most laundries do not separate starched from unstarched shirts when laundering, so even unstarched shirts receive some small amount of starch from the starched shirts during the process. I find that this "trace" starch works for me. Good cleaners should ask you if you really want zero starch and will launder those shirts separately if requested. Most gents on this forum probably prefer this option.
 
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No Starch

This is, of course, a matter of personal taste. With the exception of tuxedo shirts, I prefer my shirts to be unstarched. I like the softness, and I think a slightly wrinkled shirt with a non-starched collar looks better than a wrinkled starched-collar shirt does at the end of the day.

Regards,
Gurdon
 
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I usually work with medium starch. I've used that for the past year and I have not noticed an appreciable decline in the shirts. But, it's relative to the cleaners that you are dealing with try all three (light, medium and heavy)
 
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Trick question. I haven't trusted third parties with my shirts for years, so I don't ask for anything. If I want starch, I add it myself. I do so very rarely. The one time I do it is when I'm wearing a BD collar with a tie. Those absolutely crumple into a mess if I don't starch them. But I rarely wear BD's with ties, so a single can of starch will last me a couple of years.
 
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No starch. If your cleaner knows what they're doing and has a good quality commercial iron, they shouldn't need it.
 
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ramair57 said:
When getting my dress shirts tailored, the worker always asks me if I prefer light, med, or heavy starch. I usually go with medium, because I prefer the look of a nice, crisp dress shirt. What do you guys think?
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I used to do medium starch, but my neck gets itchy and it's so stiff in the cuffs. Now I have light starch done.
 
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