I'm most comfortable in either a button down shirt (oxford, pinpoint or broadcloth) and either cotton khakis or wool dress pants which are flat fronted with cuffs and creased. If I want to maintain this sort of outfit for a week or two, is there a washable (in sink) dress shirt that can be hung up to dry and khakis which are significantly wrinkle resistant? I would also bring along a travel blazer and several ties.
Do washable non-iron dress shirts and wrinkle resistant khaki pants exist for travel?
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And pack by rolling, not flat folding!
Thank you. That works pretty well as I've looked at You Tube videos about how to pack suits by rolling them.
Has anyone tried washing the made in Malaysia BB non-iron pinpoint oxford dress shirts and just hanging them to dry? I noticed most hotels have an ironing board and iron. Not ever tried the BB non-iron shirts, do they iron well? I take my shirts which are non-non-iron to the cleaners who do a good job.
I've also looked at the BB site for the Clark advantage chinos and the LL Bean site for their equivalent wrinkle free pants but both don't offer the option of an unhemmed version. I would like to have them cuffed.
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Buy the trousers with an inseam several inches longer than what you need. When you receive them, have a tailor hem the legs with cuffs. (This approach won't work, of course, if your normal inseam is about as long as the longest uncuffed inseams that BB and LL Bean offer.)
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As far as shirts go, the L.L. Bean no-iron pinpoint oxfords work well for travel: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/592...-fitted&csp=a&feat=59227-item_page.recsmiddle
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Yes to what SG has said. Why do you need special clothes for travel when way more than half of everything sold today is wrinkle -free?
Traveling on the cheap? WalMart's Puritan 60/40 no-iron khakis for $11.99 look and work well. No, want to p*** big bucks away? The Orvis Ultimates for just under a bill are super good. I wear both. But I've never rolled up my clothing to pack in a bag, nor have I any plans to, unless I was toting a back pack with a bed roll and this was WWI.
Traveling on the cheap? WalMart's Puritan 60/40 no-iron khakis for $11.99 look and work well. No, want to p*** big bucks away? The Orvis Ultimates for just under a bill are super good. I wear both. But I've never rolled up my clothing to pack in a bag, nor have I any plans to, unless I was toting a back pack with a bed roll and this was WWI.
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In shirts, I have found that Brooks Brothers Brooks Cool, JosABank Traveler, and Orvis wrinkle free button down shirts all do a good job of resisting wrinkles and look much better than other comparably priced dress shirts when traveling. Of the three, my least favorite is the Brooks Cool because the material is very thin, almost a see through type material, which might be best if you wish to launder it at night, or are in a hot climate. The LL Bean shirts also hold up well, but they are of a little more substantial material. I use them in colder climates. I have never laundered or ironed shirts or pants while traveling as I use the hotel services, or a nearby cleaners. You should check with the hotel as some have same day laundry services.
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Some day I will have to teach you how to pack a Duffel Bag. Depending on what garment you are dealing with, you roll some and you fold some! However, rolling can eliminate a few of those pesky packing wrinkles. LOL.
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When you and I take that trip together to the Sinai that we so often talk about, you will be the only person in the entire land of the pharohs who still carries a duffle bag.Some day I will have to teach you how to pack a Duffel Bag. Depending on what garment you are dealing with, you roll some and you fold some! However, rolling can eliminate a few of those pesky packing wrinkles. LOL.
This thread is bringing back an off putting memory. Circa 1960 my mother, brother, a woman who was a close family friend, and I drove all over southern France and much of Italy, following my dad’s ship from port to port. We were outfitted with Ban-Lon shirts and nylon underwear. Sure, it dried overnight. That doesn’t mean it was particularly comfortable in a VW with no AC in central Italy in the summer!
I find that if I fold dress or sport shirts in thirds and then wrap them in dry cleaning plastic for travel, they come out of the suitcase looking pretty good - certainly pretty good enough to wear and look respectable. I have a special loathing for non iron shirts, but I do own 3, 2 BB and one Nautica - they are all "OK" but I cannot grade them any higher.
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