Naturally non-iron

[The Louche]

I have locked into a good pattern with the shirtmaker I've been using recently. The first couple of orders were all done in lesser fabrics b/c they were "tester" orders; now I am ready to go ahead and make an order for some shirts made from nice fabrics.

Generally speaking, what sort of shirtings will be wrinkle resistant? I hate non-iron shirts, but I also value their obvious benefit. It would be great if I could find a way to sort of meet in the middle with a quality shirting that won't wrinkle like mad. Something like a heavier twill for example. Do you guys have any suggestions? Remember, I'm looking for general guidance here, not the name of some specific fabric.

 

[Cary Grant]

Not wrinkle resistant but I find the more substantial twills and cloths with a detailed texture/weave are a little less prone/hide it.

 

[yachtie]

+1. Heavy cotton twills and jaquards.

 

[ManofKent]

Oxford cloth

 

[The Louche]

Originally Posted by ManofKent

Oxford cloth

One of the recent shirts I got from this guys is good PP Oxford. Its got a decent hand and is substantial as hell (I bet it will last forever), but it gets pretty wrinkly. For example, the area opposite my elbows looks like **** from simply tying my tie. Maybe this will mitigate as it ages and softens...

 

[The Louche]

Friendly bump. This is still pissing me off a bit...

 

[Shirtmaven]

Originally Posted by The Louche

One of the recent shirts I got from this guys is good PP Oxford. Its got a decent hand and is substantial as hell (I bet it will last forever), but it gets pretty wrinkly. For example, the area opposite my elbows looks like **** from simply tying my tie. Maybe this will mitigate as it ages and softens...

Don't bend your elbow!
there is nothing you can do otherwise. fabrics with some stretch may wrinkle less, but i don't really recommend it.
some fabrics are finsihed with more resins, so will wrinkle less.

Carl

 

[The Louche]

Originally Posted by Shirtmaven

Don't bend your elbow!
there is nothing you can do otherwise. fabrics with some stretch may wrinkle less, but i don't really recommend it.
some fabrics are finsihed with more resins, so will wrinkle less.

Carl

Carl,

Am I correct to assume that the tendancy to wrinkle subsides a bit with washing and age? I have been an avid menswear fan for a couple of years now, but am just recently getting around to really concentrating on "fixing" my shirt collection. I've had a lot of non-irons in the past so I never had wrinkling issues. Of course, I am unable to live with the fermaldahyde any longer...

 

[Ataturk]

Liquid fabric softener seems to reduce that sort of wrinkling (like in the arms) somewhat. Also, some color patterns & textures just look less wrinkled. You can also get your shirt cut with a little more slack in the elbow.

That said I'd like to hear more about these resins and finishings. I do have a couple cotton shirts (actually they're both RLPL) that seem to resist arm-wrinkling much better than anything else in the closet, despite that they appear to be ordinary medium-weight broadcloths.

 

[radicaldog]

Twills wrinkles less than broadcloth/poplin (ceteris paribus). Ditto for Oxford weaves, especially the beefier ones.