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Creaseless trousers?

coachvu

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How do you get pressed trousers without a crease? I've seen several photos of flat front trousers without a crease but no wrinkles. Any ideas?
 

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Most of those creaseless trousers you see have some nylon or cashmere or something besides wool in them.
 

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Usually those are khakis. No real trick to it, just the same as ironing the body of a shirt. Press in the middle and rotate it around. If your trousers are very slim though, there may be a problem.
 

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I'm missing something here. No front crease? Or no wrinkles? Or both?
 

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You can take a high-twist fabric that doesn't wrinkle easily and simply don't have a front crease made. Some heavier cloths also do not hold a good crease but don't wrinkle easily, too. Also, if you are looking at photos from ads or websites, it's not surprising taht the trousers don't have any wrinkles.
 

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I always press my khakis without a crease, I think they look better this way.
 

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Press them with the leg flat, like a pair of jeans.
I have a Jil Sander wool trouser without a front crease. I specify it every time I bring it to the dry cleaner: no crease. It doesn't seem to be a problem for them.

!luc
 

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If you will notice, David Letterman wears his suit trousers without a crease. The trouser has to be pressed with a hand iron not on a pressing machine. Using the press would put creases on the outseam and inseam.
 

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If you want to do this and have trouble on a regular ironing board, get a sleeve board and use that for pressing the difficult parts like around the pockets.
 

Margaret

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Originally Posted by Despos
If you will notice, David Letterman wears his suit trousers without a crease.

True? How long has that been going on? Weird, no?
 

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