I always press my pants because they're pure cotton. And because they were properly tailored to measure, so pressing them makes them last longer, too.
I'm intruiged by the pants-presser appliances I've seen (for example, at Hammacher Schlemmer).
Do these things really work well?
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Can't honestly comment - I'm allergic to ironing. Why does pressing prolong the life of the garment?
Exactly! The only possible response, I know!
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-Charlotte
Different animal entirely, stupid.
Oh my first alt.sewing plonk!!!
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No one actually gives a flying red f*ck what you do or do not read, f****it.
Rod Speed dribbled:
Nice...are you by any chance from misc.consumers.frugal-living?
Rod Speed slimed:
Ooohhhh, we are sooooooo impressed with your vocabulary.
Not!
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Or you could just get a husband... Mine is doing the family ironing as I type! :D
In article <427aa65e$0$554$ snipped-for-privacy@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>, Kate Dicey of Customer of PlusNet plc
Do you lend yours out? If so, there could be a queue of women after his body!
Nope! But I *can* train others...
What does pressing pants have to do with "proper tailoring" ?
Hmm. You get better results if you press while you're sewing a garment, but I can't see the relationship either. Perhaps his tailor is lying to him.
In article snipped-for-privacy@myrealbox.com, The Real Bev of The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy uttered
He's prattling on about pressing them *after* they're made - horse-stabledoor syndrome? Either that or he thought he'd show off about getting a trouser press?
In article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Bob Ward of uttered
Absolutely nothing whatsoever.
Ending cross-posting and making nice new filters.
Actually, it does. Ever tried to press pants that have improperly cut and sewn? Can't even iron them to look neat - so I can just imagine how they would fare in a press! Cynthia
In article <427b85c4$ snipped-for-privacy@rsl2.rslnet.net>, Cynthia Spilsted of uttered
Yes, but pressing them *after* they've been made has absolutely no effect on the standard of manufacture - it can't! And I still fail to see what pressing can possibly do for their longevity as a garment apart from possibly shortening it by weakening the fibres through scorching.
That's my point, sort of - if they aren't made correctly, no amount of pressing will make them fit properly, but pressing them won't extend the useful life.
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