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DH bought a new dress shirt (to wear with suit or jacket and pants) last weekend. It was folded as new dress shirts in packaging are. The next morning, he unfolded it, put it on and was about to leave the house. I objected. No husband of mine leaves the house in a wrinkled dress shirt! (the issue of washing first is totally separate, and not the issue here). DH thought I was wrong, but changed into a shirt I had already ironed.
While we were having dinner with friends the next night, DH raised the subject. The guys agreed that it's fine to wear a dress shirt wrinkled in the pattern of a new shirt. After all, they said, some men choose to get their clean shirts back from the dry cleaner folded in a box.
I iron DH's dress shirts, and take the really dressy ones (french cuffs) to the cleaners to be lightly starched. I always get them back on hangers and hadn't heard of the box option.
Two questions:
1. Is it okay or common for men to wear dress shirts that are wrinkled in the pattern of a new shirt?
2. Why would someone want to get a cleaned and pressed shirt back folded in a box? I mean, the person just paid for wrinkles!
While we were having dinner with friends the next night, DH raised the subject. The guys agreed that it's fine to wear a dress shirt wrinkled in the pattern of a new shirt. After all, they said, some men choose to get their clean shirts back from the dry cleaner folded in a box.
I iron DH's dress shirts, and take the really dressy ones (french cuffs) to the cleaners to be lightly starched. I always get them back on hangers and hadn't heard of the box option.
Two questions:
1. Is it okay or common for men to wear dress shirts that are wrinkled in the pattern of a new shirt?
2. Why would someone want to get a cleaned and pressed shirt back folded in a box? I mean, the person just paid for wrinkles!