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OCBDs—do you iron them or not?

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#1 ·
I'm deciding whether I like the slightly rougher look or if I like it ironed. I figure that this shirt is slightly less formal and it's' appropriate if it's not "perfect". What is your opinion?
 
#11 ·
I hang mine right out of the washer. I do my best to pull them out of the washer and get them on hangers just as soon as the washing machine is done doing its business. I might touch-up if there is a particularly bad wrinkle, but otherwise they come out pretty unwrinkled after hanging.

Besides, any wrinkledness that might still be around can be justified by the fact that the shirt is going to wrinkle once I wear it anyways.

Regarding the OP, I think most of us prefer the word "rumpled" over "rougher." Conveys a better sense of "crotchety old manness" to me.
 
#12 ·
For me it depends on the shirt, unless I'm wearing a suit in which case ironing is something that I try to do. Some shirts that I have, all non-non iron OCBDS, are identical in every way except for color and I find that some of them need ironing and others do not. This has been the case with both LE and BB OCBDs that I've had.
 
#15 ·
All of my shirts are laundered at the dry cleaner. Any shirt to be worn with a tie (no matter the collar or cuff style) gets pressed with light starch.
JB
I launder any shirt appropriate for wearing with a tie, whether the tie is actually worn or not. I don't know of any professional my age who doesn't wear laundered shirts. (i.e. a lawyer, physician, mid-level or above corporate type, etc) I can't imagine being in a business setting in an unironed shirt.

Scott
 
#19 ·
I recently purchased a Whirlpool drying center, with a steamed drying cabinet. It works pretty well on OCBD's, they come out about 80% of what ironing could accomplish. If I feel they need it, a quick run down the sleeves and collar and they are perfect. The handful of non-iron shirts come out perfectly.
 
#21 ·
My helper is instructed to
1) Always hang dry and iron Jantzen & BB
2) Just hang dry LE & Press
 
#26 · (Edited)
I hope our esteemed Mr. Kabbaz doesn't see all you starch users! ;)

I won't even put mine in the dryer. Hang dry and steam iron.

"Do not use bleach! Do not use starch! Do not use fabric softeners!"
For sure! No starch! I have seen the light and I will never go back.

If I am wearing a suit I'll wear a pressed shirt, but 8 times out of 10 I am wearing an OCBD in a casual or semi casual setting so I do not iron it. That said, I am not a 'professional', I work at home, so clearly my case is not applicable to all.