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What happens with a stiff-front dress shirt without starch?

bigbrother690

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Curious about this and if any of you have any experience...

Imagine a traditional, stiff-front bib dress shirt, neckband, etc. If you wash it in hot water and let it hang dry, does the bib simply look a little less formal/stiff/flat than with starch (and is therefore still presentable, albeit not quite as sharply), or does the whole look go out the window?

I'm very interested in these and have been for quite some time, and am wondering if home laundering without starch is a viable path if I'm content with a less-than-chest plate-of-armor level of stiffness, so long as the smoothness is there, or if it's all a losing proposition.

Thanks!
 

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